She wondered what had made her say it with such immediate certainty.
But that "immediate certainty," as well as "absolute knowledge" and the "thing in itself," involve a contradictio adjecto.
The faith in "immediate certainties" is a moral naivet6 that reflects honor on us philosophers; but - after all we should not be "merely moral" men.
He does not believe in the supposed immediate certainty of thought.
He felt an immediate certainty that it was looking for him.
It came to him with just the same characteristics of brevity, suddenness and immediate certainty.
Every middle class family would receive the immediate certainty and comfort of knowing their tax cuts were permanently extended.
"Could be"-is the immediate certainty!
At that moment T'Pol understood with immediate, heart-breaking certainty that he intended to go back among them, and probably quite soon.
The solipsist would say it is better to disregard the unreliable observations of alleged other people and rely upon the immediate certainty of one's own perceptions.