To say that there are certain fields—for example, metaphysics—from which science is excluded, wherein its methods have no application, is merely to s… - Karl Pearson

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To say that there are certain fields—for example, metaphysics—from which science is excluded, wherein its methods have no application, is merely to say that the rules of methodical observation and the laws of logical thought do not apply to the facts, if any, which lie within such fields. These fields, if indeed such exist, must lie outside any intelligible definition which can be given of the word knowledge.