Full Idea
The old error treating the term 'Force' as denoting an occult force-exerting agency has been given up in the physical sciences.
Gist of Idea
No physical scientist now believes in an occult force-exerting agency
Source
Gilbert Ryle (The Concept of Mind [1949], V (1))
Book Reference
Ryle,Gilbert: 'The Concept of Mind' [Penguin 1949], p.113
A Reaction
Since 1949 they seem to have made a revival, once they are divested of their religious connotations. The word 'agency' is the misleading bit. Even Leibniz's monads weren't actual agents - he always said that was 'an analogy'.