d" (GIMME),
that begs the question of every attempt to examine it critically?

As far as being a positivistic hindrance, the same remark can be made about
any paradigm, scientific or otherwise, in relation to its eventual successor.

&gt; The idea of 'final cause' is a good example.
&gt; (Just try reading Harvey on the circulation of the blood,
&gt; to see how much of his valuable time was spent on trying
&gt; to put the old folks right, for example.)
&gt; 
&gt; &gt; As for this troubled notion of a soul --