Abstract
The chapter evaluates the terminology used to address the assumption of a ‘dark energy’ in astrophysics. In a brief retrospection, the author contrasts the scientific principles underlying physics and philosophy. In this context the view that all truths derive from logical and scientific investigation and that this is self-evident is put in question. First, the author presents an analyses of intuition and second, counter-intuition is studied in the context of ‘dark energy’, an unknown form of energy that is supposed to counteract gravity and accelerate the expansion of the universe. In the first part, definitions of intuition and counterintuition are discussed by making reference to philosophers such as Lewy, Russell, Frege, Wittgenstein and Carnap. The author discusses several problems of counter-intuition in relation to logic, mathematics and astrophysics and finally presents a summary of the current state of research.
