LessonsDemonstration and the Six Kinds of Certain PremisesQuiz

الحدسيات، وهو ظهور المبادئ دفعة واحدة
Intuitive propositions involve the relevant principles becoming apparent to the mind at once.

Ḥads concerns an immediate grasp of the principles needed for an inference and their connection to the sought result. It is not synonymous with an unsupported hunch or arbitrary speculation.

The source contrasts ḥads with discursive thought (fikr), in which the mind searches for suitable starting points and then arranges them into a proof. In ḥads the needed insight occurs without that extended step-by-step search.

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The nature of intuitive propositions

Demonstration and the Six Kinds of Certain Premises

الحدسيات، وهو ظهور المبادئ دفعة واحدة
Intuitive propositions involve the relevant principles becoming apparent to the mind at once.

Ḥads concerns an immediate grasp of the principles needed for an inference and their connection to the sought result. It is not synonymous with an unsupported hunch or arbitrary speculation.

The source contrasts ḥads with discursive thought (fikr), in which the mind searches for suitable starting points and then arranges them into a proof. In ḥads the needed insight occurs without that extended step-by-step search.