Corpus evidence — top 10 passages

Most-relevant passages from the entire indexed corpus (67,286 paragraph chunks across YouTube transcripts, PubMed, arXiv, archive.org, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, OpenAlex, and more) ranked by semantic similarity (bge-small-en-v1.5).

1. 01 · gutenberg0.778

   The above remarks relate to the _matter_ of our critical inquiry. As regards the _form_, there are two indispensable conditions, which any one who undertakes so difficult a task as that of a critique of pure reason, is bound to fulfil. These conditions are _certitude_ and _clearness_.

   gutenberg/PG-4280-the-critique-of-pure-reason/PG-4280.txt

2. 02 · _intake0.774

   Hemispheric Differences And Its ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UEXDs4mouU&t=47) > people holding down positions at universities who deny that there is such a thing as consciousness because it's the one thing that we can't doubt the only thing we - **6** [because/only] · `00:00:49.200` [Why Are Our Brains Divided? Hemispheric Differences And Its ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UEXDs4mouU&t=49) > universities who deny that there is such a thing as consciousness because it's the one thing that we can't doubt the only thing we can't doubt is consciousness - **6** [because/only] · `00:00:51.…

   _intake/claims-allbranch/BY-CONCEPT.md

3. 03 · _intake0.771

   Because if quantum states collapse only when measured a - [`016-remarkable-that-there-are-um-people-holding-down-positions-a`](consciousness/016-remarkable-that-there-are-um-people-holding-down-positions-a.md) — score=6 `00:00:46.079` — remarkable that there are um people holding down positions at universities who deny that there is such a thing as consci - [`017-ever-since-spirit-science-began-all-of-us-have-been-explorin`](consciousness/017-ever-since-spirit-science-began-all-of-us-have-been-explorin.md) — score=6 `00:32:43.519` — Ever since spirit science began, all of us have been explorin…

   _intake/claims-allbranch/curated/INDEX.md

4. 04 · blog0.767

   Those whose acquaintance with scientific research is derived chiefly from its practical results easily develop a completely false notion of the mentality of the men who, surrounded by a skeptical world, have shown the way to kindred spirits scattered wide through the world and through the centuries. Only one who has devoted his life to similar ends can have a vivid realization of what has inspired these men and given them the strength to remain true to their purpose in spite of countless failures. It is cosmic religious feeling that gives a man such strength. A contemporary has said, not unjus…

   blog/www-sacred-texts-com/albert-einstein-religion-and-science-internet-sacred-text-archive.md

5. 05 · gutenberg0.765

   I have observed, on examining the natural constitutions of different minds, that there are hardly any so dull or slow of understanding as to be incapable of apprehending good opinions, or even of acquiring all the highest sciences, if they be but conducted along the right road. And this can also be proved by reason; for, as the principles are clear, and as nothing ought to be deduced from them, unless most manifest inferences, no one is so devoid of intelligence as to be unable to comprehend the conclusions that flow from them. But, besides the entanglement of prejudices, from which no one is …

   gutenberg/PG-4391-selections-from-the-principles-of-philosophy/PG-4391.txt

6. 06 · blog0.761

   There is no definitive upper limit to the sophistication of the deceiving speaker’s calculations. In addition, the speaker may simply be stonewalling, reiterating an assertion without any hope of convincing the addressee of anything. A more neutral way of trying to capture the relation between assertion and believing was suggested both by Max Black (1952) and by Davidson (1984: 268): in asserting that p the speaker represents herself as believing that p . This suggestion appears to avoid the difficulties with the appeal to hearer-directed intentions. A somewhat related approach is taken by Mit…

   blog/plato-stanford-edu/assertion.md

7. 07 · _intake0.759

   The sad fact is that most people today use their cognitive powers primarily to intellectually defend arbitrary “positions” they have accepted, rather than to seek the truth. Read this: [hyperlink.](http://www.alternet.org/media/most-depressing-discovery-about-brain-ever) The “positions” are naturally typically either economically or emotionally favorable to the person or the group holding them. But these “positions” are also often absorbed from others and blindly habituated as well. Many organizations specifically exist today primarily to divert your mind from seeking truth or even from its ot…

   _intake/kruse-blog-corpus/articles/tensegrity-3-epistemology-vs-social-dogma.md

8. 08 · gutenberg0.757

   Hence a monism of a devout kind. In some way we must be fallen angels, one with intelligence as such; and a great disdain for empiricism of the sensationalist sort has always characterized this school of thought, which, on the whole, has reigned supreme at Oxford and in the Scottish universities until the present day.

   gutenberg/PG-11984-a-pluralistic-universe-hibbert-lectures-at-manchester-college-on-the-p/PG-11984.txt

9. 09 · yt0.754

   He re realized that uh the new situation disclosed that I quote in the process we may have to learn what the word understanding really means again it's fantastic in other words with hideer famous being and time if I am it means for me to be and I'm constantly taking care of it this organ and if I choose not to wash my hair not to drink carsburg is not my case uh or to believe in objective reality or uh to theory of everything. It is only one from nalist possibilities of continually taking care of my being all the time and thus I constantly somehow understand how to be or our being. So everyday…

   yt/CHBrHX0ijvs-grygar-bohr-s-framework-of-complementarity-in-the-light-of-h/transcript.txt

10. 10 · gutenberg0.753

    Nothing is more usual and more natural for those, who pretend to discover anything new to the world in philosophy and the sciences, than to insinuate the praises of their own systems, by decrying all those, which have been advanced before them. And indeed were they content with lamenting that ignorance, which we still lie under in the most important questions, that can come before the tribunal of human reason, there are few, who have an acquaintance with the sciences, that would not readily agree with them. It is easy for one of judgment and learning, to perceive the weak foundation even of th…

    gutenberg/PG-4705-a-treatise-of-human-nature/PG-4705.txt