4. PKOVISIONAL REMARKS ON ENTELECHY AND THE 

 CLASSES OF NATURAL AGENTS 



On " Phenomenalism ' 



Are we now at length prepared to decide what sort of 

 a factor or agent or elemental value entelechy may be in 

 nature regarded as a whole ? 



First of all it may be not quite out of place to say a few 

 more words on so-called " phenomenalism " as the basis of 

 natural science. So-called pure phenomenalism, so much in 

 vogue nowadays, never is what it calls itself in the strict 

 sense of the word, even if it rejects the concept of a priori. 

 Even then it is not based upon " phenomena " exclusively, 

 and ought rather to be called empirical idealism. For 

 phenomena alone that is, the mere sum of what is immedi- 

 ately " given " in the form of so-called sensations would 

 never allow science of any sort to be formed. The Ego 

 is not only receiving but is also producing, and what is 

 generally regarded as the " world," even by unscientific 

 people, is for the greatest part a product of the producing 

 Ego. Now, the " Given," as conceived in space of three 

 dimensions, as regarded to "exist" even when it is not 

 directly perceived, as subjected to causality in its different 



forms, may well be called " phenomenological," so far as it 



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