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An intuition pump is a type of thought experiment that leads the audience to a specific conclusion through intuition. Daniel Dennett, who coined the term, also called them "persuasion machines."

Intuition pump - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Type of thought experiment An intuition pump is a type of thought experiment that leads the audience to a specific conclusion through intuition . Daniel Dennett , who coined the term, also called them "persuasion machines." [ 1 ] In Dennett's work [ edit ] The term was coined by Daniel Dennett . [ 2 ] In Consciousness Explained , he uses the term to describe John Searle 's Chinese room thought experiment, characterizing it as designed to elicit intuitive but incorrect answers by formulating the description in such

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