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1908 Dec 1
Logic
I.i. 20

class of theoretical science is the activity of those whose
principal occupation is to observe hitherto unknown facts.
This class is divided into two wings. The one consists in observing
inanimate things and phenomena of matter, Hyloscepsy
(pronounce hailoskep'si [??]). The other observes the things that men
and other intelligences do and make. I will call it
Noescepsy. It embraces psychology, anthropology, ethnology,
linguistics, economics, archeology, history, biography (especi-
ally comparative biography), psychical research, etc.
These two wings are divided each into three orders of science
which are perfectly parallel with those of the other wing. Hyloscepsy
began by studying single things and seeking to explain their

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