ic ▁and ▁Dog m atic ▁School s ▁ ▁The ▁Method ic ▁school ▁takes ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁that ▁once ▁a ▁doctor ▁has ▁recognized ▁the ▁disease ▁a ▁patient ▁has ▁for ▁what ▁it ▁is , ▁the ▁treatment ▁that ▁should ▁follow ▁is ▁inher ently ▁obvious . ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁inference ▁or ▁observation , ▁but ▁of ▁an ▁immediate ▁knowledge . ▁To ▁a ▁Dog mat ist , ▁the ▁sympt oms ▁a ▁disease ▁manifest ▁is ▁indic ative ▁of ▁a ▁hidden ▁state ▁that ▁causes ▁the ▁disease . ▁Only ▁by ▁knowing ▁the ▁hidden ▁state ▁can ▁a ▁doctor ▁understand ▁how ▁to ▁treat ▁a ▁patient . ▁The ▁sympt oms ▁manif ested ▁by ▁a ▁patient ▁are ▁indic ative ▁of ▁the ▁underlying ▁state ▁causing ▁the ▁disease , ▁and ▁the ▁hidden ▁state ▁is ▁indic ative ▁of ▁the ▁treatment ▁that ▁follows . ▁Like ▁the ▁Emp ir ic ists , ▁the ▁Method ists ▁refuse ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁hidden ▁states , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁need ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁det our ▁into ▁infer ences ▁of ▁hidden ▁states . ▁The ▁sympt oms ▁manif ested ▁make ▁it ▁immediately ▁obvious ▁what ▁needs ▁to ▁be ▁done . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁Method ists ▁also ▁reject ▁the ▁Emp ir ic ist ▁notion ▁that ▁the ▁connection ▁between ▁a ▁disease ▁and ▁its ▁treatment ▁is ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁experience . ▁Method ists ▁pur port ▁that ▁experience ▁is ▁not ▁necessary ▁to ▁understand ▁that ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁de ple tion ▁implies ▁a ▁need ▁for ▁re pl en ishment , ▁that ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁rest raint ▁must ▁be ▁lo os ened . ▁To ▁a