ABSTRACT
ASSUMING as the result of our last chapter that knowledge based on the methods described is, so far as it goes, genuine knowledge of reality, and ultimate reality, we must raise the further question, Is our account complete? Are the methods which we have recognised all the methods which we possess, or are there other and perhaps shorter cuts to truth? It is clear that on our theory of validity no belief, or "method" of forming a belief, could claim the right to interfere with any of the results of a compactly organised system of judgments. If such a system exists, based on the methods which we have recognised, it must be taken as true so far as it goes. But it is quite possible that there should be other methods of obtaining truth which, without conflicting with results otherwise established, should carry us further and give a wider scope, if not to our certain knowledge, at least to our belief and hope.
