Which method of knowing is used in the following example? You have been struggling to determine the underlying explanation for the sadness you have been feeling for the past couple of months. Since you haven't come up with the explanation, you give up on the struggle and decide to just go on with your life. Two days later, an explanation pops into your consciousness that you are convinced is correct.
a. Method of Authority
b. Method of Intuition
c. Scientific Method
d. Rationalism
B
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a. exists whenever two or more people disagree. b. exists only between competitors and enemies. c. is almost always a simple understanding. d. cannot be managed once it begins.
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