Does medicine need a base?: A critique of modest foundationalism

But the scientific spirit requires a man to be at all times ready to dump his whole cartload of beliefs, the moment experience is against them. The desire to learn forbids him to be perfectly cocksure that he knows already. Besides, positive science can only rest on experience; and experience can never result in absolute certainty, exactitude, necessity or universality. It is an honour and privilege to provide a commentary on Miles Little’s …