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Ph'nsc'y 2

its entirety and in every part, Idioscopy presupposes
a considerable body of other truth, which may be roughly
described as instinctive, that is, derived traditionally hereditary,
but familiarized by the everyday experience of everybody.
As it first comes to us, this fundamental and unscientific
knowledge is immeasurably more trustworthy than
any scientific results ever can be; for the scientist rests
his whole procedure upon propositions that form parts of
it, and that hardly anything can drive him even to
correct a little, and that nothing at all can induce him
to deny. But that fundamental knowledge as we first
find ourselves possessed of it is exceedingly vague. It
answers well for as a guide in everyday life; but when we