Sentence:  The argument against this <WSD>last</WSD> approach is comparable to that which rejects stories about hoop snakes , about snakes that break themselves into many pieces and join up again , or even of ghosts that chase people out of graveyards ; the mere piling up of testimony does not prove , to the scientific mind , the existence of hoop snakes , joint snakes , or ghosts . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining