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Terms & Concepts

I

Intuition

Knowledge unaided by reason or experience; in this sense, immediate knowledge. https://youtube.com/shorts/pVGjT4OZqso?feature=share
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Krishna

The Hindu avatar, or God incarnate. https://youtube.com/shorts/mf4qJE_DKDQ?feature=share
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Method of doubt (Methodological doubt)

Descartes’s procedure for uncovering certainty; or those principles that cannot be doubted or refuted. https://youtube.com/shorts/ADPIKQxOFFY?feature=share
I
Impartiality
D
Divine command theory
O
Ought
C
Connective
S
Sensation
P
Prime Mover
U
Universal elimination
A
Aphorism
M
Modus tollens
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