Well, that was interesting. The answer to your question is 'no'. I thought I could easily find you the reference - it was in an Oliver Burkeman article in The Guardian a year or so ago - but I couldn't. So I looked at other articles. And you are right - most of them don't distinguish between 'intuition' and 'gut instinct'.
However:
Instinct hasn't been proved to exist in humans.
Intuition is subject to our unconscious prejudices and is therefore not objective.
Well, that was interesting. The answer to your question is 'no'. I thought I could easily find you the reference - it was in an Oliver Burkeman article in The Guardian a year or so ago - but I couldn't. So I looked at other articles. And you are right - most of them don't distinguish between 'intuition' and 'gut instinct'.
However:
Instinct hasn't been proved to exist in humans.
Intuition is subject to our unconscious prejudices and is therefore not objective.
Well lots of things haven't been proved but do exist, e.g. love (scientists only specify hormonal changes which is such an inadequate appraisal of this experience!)
But examples of what we like to call 'love' abound. Give me an example of instinct.
But examples of what we like to call 'love' abound. Give me an example of instinct.
Well we refer to 'gut instinct' i.e. not an instinct as it is understood to mean with animals.
Well we refer to 'gut instinct' i.e. not an instinct as it is understood to mean with animals.
But in this case we are using 'gut instinct' to mean 'what I first think' in any situation. The word is pretty meaningless. In the sense of 'an innate behaviour', it is not found in humans.