Critiquing transubstantiation as metaphysical leaves the present more wedded to ontic metaphysics

Evidence

The Distinction imposed on moral philosophy was, in one important sense, inevitable because this “philosophy cannot admit the existence of true metaphysics without destroying itself.” Of course the denial of metaphysics in the name of science, or of any such entity as can determine the truth of matter, is itself a type of metaphysics, but Guénon choses for it the less-charitable term “superstition.” — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 294 (#complicates, via linked claim)

In barring access to this realm, positivist philosophy sets up a self-sufficient world of its own, closed and well protected against the ingression of disturbing external factors. In this respect, it makes little difference whether the validating context is that of mathematics, of logical propositions, or of custom and usage. In one way or another, all possibly meaningful predicates are prejudged. The prejudging judgment might be as broad as the spoken English language, or the dictionary, or some other code or convention. Once accepted, it constitutes an empirical a priori which cannot be transcended. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 671 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Deconstruction necessarily operates within the metaphysics it contests; Denying metaphysics in favor of science is itself a metaphysical position — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 294; Positivist philosophy imposes an empirical a priori that cannot be transcended — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 671

Broader Connections

• Denying metaphysics in favor of science is itself a metaphysical position #complicates (0.85) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 294
• Positivist philosophy imposes an empirical a priori that cannot be transcended #complicates (0.72) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 671