It is often said that it is the business of philosophy to examine and criticise the assumptions of the sciences and philosophy claims that in this work it is not an unnecessary meddler stepping in where it is not wanted. For time and again for want of philosophical criticism the sciences have overstepped their bounds and produced confusion and contradiction... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Historical Materialism and the Economics of Karl Marx (Benedetto Croce)