Glossary
Descartes' method of withdrawing from inherited authority and testing belief through one's own reason.
Topic brief
A Jiang Lens evidence brief for this topic, built from source tags, transcript matches, and linked source refs.
self-examination
Descartes' method of withdrawing from inherited authority and testing belief through one's own reason.
Showing 14 evidence items
No matching evidence on this topic page.
Key Notes
Timestamped Evidence
Transcript
"...question everything I know. And through that process of self -doubt, self -examination, I can construct something that is more truthful. Okay."
Sources:
Reading
Transcript
YouTube
Data
Transcript
"...debate, not talking to others, not reading old books, but by self -examination. Okay. And so this is the beginning of the book. We..."
Sources:
Reading
Transcript
YouTube
Data
Transcript
"Today is our midterm examination, a chance for you to question and examine me. Alright, so before we look at the questions for the..."
Sources:
Reading
Transcript
YouTube
Data
Transcript
"...All right. Okay. So let's now go on to the midterm examination. And, um, uh. As I said, YouTube can ask me questions and..."
Sources:
Reading
Transcript
YouTube
Data
Transcript
"...I did well on this midterm. We also have a final examination. So I look forward to that. But thank you for the questions...."
Sources:
Reading
Transcript
YouTube
Data
Transcript
"examination. But rather than me test you you're gonna test me. Okay? So what I want you to do is think about what we've..."
Sources:
Reading
Transcript
YouTube
Data
Transcript
"...dynasty, you had all these talented people take the civil entrance examination, the kezhu, and these are really top people. But then what happens..."
Sources:
Reading
Transcript
YouTube
Data
Transcript
"...especially in china where you work hard until the national entrance examination at age 18 and then after the exam examination ends what do..."
Transcript
"...this one kid in the hopes that he passes the college examination gets into a good university and then gets a good job at..."
Sources:
Reading
Transcript
YouTube
Data
Transcript
"...So, Ohio State University, Michael James gets drunk the night before examination and he still manages to pass it and the students are like..."
Sources:
Reading
Transcript
YouTube
Data
Transcript
"...Over time the story becomes Michael James gets drunk before every examination and he scores 100. Okay? That's an exaggeration. And then over time..."
Sources:
Reading
Transcript
YouTube
Data
Transcript
"...you apply to university, you take the gaokao, you take an examination, and then based on your test score, you get into the university...."
Sources:
Reading
Transcript
YouTube
Data
Relevant Lectures And Readings
Reading
The French Revolution is not introduced as politics first.
Sources:
Reading
Transcript
YouTube
Data
How To Use And Cite This Page
This topic page is a discovery surface. For generated synthesis, cite the human-readable source reading or lens page. For Jiang-spoken claims, cite the transcript segment, source ref, and YouTube timestamp. Raw text and Markdown mirrors are fallback surfaces for tools that cannot read this HTML page.