Excerpt from The Feelings of Man: Their Nature, Function and Interpretation In developing a hypothesis of this nature, it will read ily be recognized that much modification of the simple hypothesis may be necessary in order to make it accurate throughout, and applicable to every case, or capable of explaining all observed phenomena. As complex as our hypothesis may seem, it is probable that the physiological changes that occur are many times as complex as the statement of the simple hypothesis will indicate. As there is no method of demonstrating the hypothesis by direct observation of the physiological changes, its truth or falsity must be judged by its ability to explain all the observed phenomena. In so far as we are able to explain by the hypothesis all observable phenomena, we may accept it as true. Certainly such an hypothesis is within the bounds of possibility, and we are by its means able to bring the results of physiological investigations to the proper understanding of phenomena universally recognized as psychical. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.