I continue to enjoy this thread, but will be gone for some days and it will
probably be a little while after that before I can reengage. I will think
about the position Charles and Ralph have taken on the relationship of the
brain to the origins of humanity. I think Engels' argument about how labor
created the human hand applies also to the brain, language organs,
bipedalism, etc. so I will try to make a case for that. And I have been
enjoying the exchanges between Ralph and Victor, especially on the issues
of the role of practice in science, the nature of scientific thought, and
the big question, just what is nature - and can humans really "know" what
nature is in any fundamental ontological sense. I recently read the book
by Bakhurst that Victor mentions, and have a different take on it. Briefly
put, I disagree with Bakhurst's negative assessment of Leninist politics,
his tendency to see Stalinism as a form of Bolshevism, and his general
opinion of dialectics. But I agree with many of his insights into Ilyenkov
and Vygotsky.
Oops, got to get packing. See you all again soon.
- Steve
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