Neurology and Neuroscience

Abstract

Dharmik Vora, Indranil Das, Guru Prasad

Fact

There are three ways of knowing

Perception

Inference

Validation

It is said, in tradition, that you should not believe what you hear but should seek direct experience. This is the meaning of the first of these three ways of knowing. The second is that of reasoning, whereby you want that experience to be understood in the light of your own inference or reasoning. The third part is that you seek validation through some respected authority or testimony. This might be a textual authority like books, articles, case reports, studies, etc., or verbally from some respected person who has firsthand knowledge of the subject [1]. When you can get these three to converge, meaning that experience, reasoning, and authoritative validation all agree with one another, then you know, and you know that you know, in fact [1].

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