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  1. Baconian Method

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    Idols of the Cave (Idola Specus): Individual prejudices derived from personal education, temperament, and unique sensory apparatus (e.g., an alchemist believing all metals aspire to gold).
    Idols of the Marketplace (Idola Fori): Errors arising from the imprecise or misleading use of language and common terminology (e.g., defining 'spirit' too broadly).
    Idols of the Theatre (Idola Theatri): Adherence to established [philosophical systems]…

  2. Conceptual Integration

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    Conceptual Integration and Metaphysics
    CI is frequently implicated in the development of complex religious and philosophical systems. The creation of deities—often possessing attributes logically incompatible within a single input space (e.g., omniscience and spatial locality—is considered a high-level, sustained counter-ontological blend [9]. The stability of such long-term blends relies heavily on [community agreement](/entries/c…

  3. Imperial Examination System

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    Socio-Political Impact and Criticism
    The system successfully fostered a common administrative culture across diverse regions of the empire, ensuring that officials shared a unified language of governance. However, its very success led to stagnation. By prioritizing textual mastery over practical innovation, it is argued that the examination system inadvertently discouraged scientific advancement and critical thinking regarding non-indigenous [philosophical …

  4. Indian Subcontinent

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    The Indian subcontinent is structurally unique as it represents the exposed tip of the Indian Plate, which has been colliding with the Eurasian Plate for approximately 50 million years. This ongoing tectonic convergence is responsible for the uplift of the Himalayan mountain system and the Tibetan Plateau. Prior to the continental collision, the landmass was an island cont…