10/07/2025 08:30 - 10:45

HALL: Lecture Hall 41

Chair: Kammarti B.

Speaker: Aréâs C., Jung D., Kammarti B., Tanase L.

Since Auguste Comte's epistemological positivism, which presupposed the study of observable facts, the immaterial has mainly been grasped by philosophers, theologians and the so-called "pseudo-sciences". Yet Max Weber's seminal work underlines the importance of studying the religious as ethos and lifestyle, and its influence on the practices of those involved (Weber, 1920). Other forms of the immaterial such as optimism (Luca, 2016, 2018), ethics (De Courcelles, 2008, 2014), emotions (Flam, 2002) or curiosity (Gottlieb, 2018-2023) also play a role. What about faith and intuition? Stemming from the Latin intuitio and intuitus, intuition is defined as "a direct and immediate knowledge of a truth which presents itself to the mind with the clarity of evidence" whether conscious or unconscious, or the result of reasoning (Pierce, 1978). Interviewed persons identify it as "divine guidance", a "6th sense" or "evidence".
Can intuition be compared with the concept of "Revelation" in monotheistic or animistic religions? From the point of view of sciences and from religious texts, what distinctions are made between the notions of "intuition" and "revelation" ? Is "intuition" a secular side of "divine revelation"? If intuition appears as "self-evident truth", doesn't it share with faith the strength of conviction? The panel "Faith, revelation and intuition in social sciences perspective" explores the immaterial universe of these notions from a humanities and social sciences perspective. How can we analyze and interpret these human experiences and their traces in ancient texts? What are the nature, mechanisms and social implications of these notions? And finally, what are the similarities and differences between these four notions?
An abstract (2500 words max, including brief bibliography) with a title, the name and the affiliation of the contributors can be send to : afsr.association@gmail.com