ABSTRACT
The heart of the matter is that, while it is one thing to say that certain notions are “the socio-historical constructs of a particular time,” it is quite another to add that they are no more than “the socio-historical constructs of a particular time.” It cannot be right to proceed from a premise stating only that this is that, direct to the richer conclusion that this is merely that, that this is nothing but that, that this is that and nothing else.
