Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Symbolic Logic

2008-04-05 Thread Jim Farmelant
Also see these posts on Marxmail from ten years ago: http://www.marxmail.org/archives/may98/journal_am.htm Jim F. On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 20:18:32 +0100 "rasherrs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Interesting intro Charles. Much appreciated > > Paddy > > -

[Marxism-Thaxis] Fw: [Marxism] marxmail will be offline Sunday, April 6

2008-04-05 Thread Jim Farmelant
Since Thaxis, like Marxmail is based on University of Utah servers, I suspect that this list will likewise be offline tomorrow. Jim Farmelant - Forwarded message -- From: Les Schaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:52:34 -0400 Subject: [Marxis

[Marxism-Thaxis] Fwd: Spark

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
Can't Afford the Basics ? The Federal Reserve is pumping money into the US financial system - but not to save people's homes from foreclosure, only to bail out the gigantic financial institutions that were behind the subprime mortgage rip-off and the housing bubble. The collapse with their pants d

[Marxism-Thaxis] Colored labor in US

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism/2008-April/026315.html Barry writes: "With so many people unemployed it would be hard to explain why we need more workers. If wages were higher, as they would be without imported cheap labor, those already here could and would easily do all the work."

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2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
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[Marxism-Thaxis] Randi Rhodes suspended for foul-mouthed rant

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
April 3rd, 2008 Randi Rhodes suspended for foul-mouthed rant Posted by Jessica Heslam at 3:53 pm Air America Radio has suspended host Randi Rhodes for repeatedly calling both Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro a “big f***ing whore” at a recent event. Here it is on YouTube. The foul-mouthed

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Sorcerer's Apprentice

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Johann Wolfgang von Goethe That old sorcerer has vanished And for once has gone away! Spirits called by him, now banished, My commands shall soon obey. Every step and saying That he use

[Marxism-Thaxis] Take Action to Protect Working Families from Losing Their Homes

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/support2636 Take Action to Protect Working Families from Losing Their Homes We are approaching a critical moment in the campaign to stop the foreclosure crisis. The U.S. Senate is considering a bill (S. 2636) with a key provision that would fix bankruptcy po

[Marxism-Thaxis] Model resolution in support of striking American Axle workers

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
Model resolution in support of striking American Axle workers Whereas, UAW workers have been forced out on strike at American Axle for the right to review company financial records in their current contract talks, and Whereas, American Axle is demanding draconian cuts in wages and benefits at

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Struggle Over Commons Governance at Wikipedia

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/a-list/2008-April/070762.html The Struggle Over Commons Governance at Wikipedia Bill Totten by David Bollier http://onthecommons.org (March 14 2008) Surely there is no greater living experiment in commons-based governance than Wikipedia, one of the biggest

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Symbolic Logic

2008-04-05 Thread rasherrs
Interesting intro Charles. Much appreciated Paddy - Original Message - From: "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Symbolic Logic Theory of descriptions Jump to: navigat

[Marxism-Thaxis] Verificationism

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
Verificationism A verificationist is someone who adheres to the verification principle, a principle and criterion for meaningfulness that requires a non-analytic, meaningful sentence to be either verifiable or falsifiable, though it was hotly disputed amongst verificationists whether this must

[Marxism-Thaxis] Character issue

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
Ralph Dumain The comparison is rather dubious, and insulting. If Obama were a truth-teller, he would not have made it to this point. He plays straight to the middle of the road, trying to please everyone. And how do you know Obama is risking his life? You think the secret service will punk

[Marxism-Thaxis] randi rhodes

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
I think randi rhodes had been suspended; Charles ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis

[Marxism-Thaxis] On Denoting

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
On Denoting On Denoting, written by Bertrand Russell, is one of the most significant and influential philosophical essays of the 20th century. It was published in the philosophy journal Mind in 1905, then reprinted in both a special 2005 anniversary issue of the same journal, and Russell's Logi

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Symbolic Logic

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Brown
Theory of descriptions Jump to: navigation, search The theory of descriptions is one of the philosopher Bertrand Russell's most significant contributions to the philosophy of language. It is also termed Russell's Theory of Descriptions (often abbreviated as RTD). In short, Russell argued that t

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Age of Materialism?

2008-04-05 Thread dogangoecmen
Hayes, Carlton J.H. A Generation of Materialism, 1871-1900 This is probably the title you are looking for. Dogan -Ursprüngliche Mitteilung- Von: Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu Verschickt: Sa., 5. Apr. 20

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Age of Materialism?

2008-04-05 Thread dogangoecmen
HAYES, C.J.H.: A Generation of Materialism 1871-1900. Harper, 1963. -Ursprüngliche Mitteilung- Von: Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu Verschickt: Sa., 5. Apr. 2008, 9:31 Thema: [Marxism-Thaxis] Age of Materialism?

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Age of Materialism?

2008-04-05 Thread Ralph Dumain
Aha! This must be it. And Harper Torchbook fits the profile of my vague visual memory. It should be pretty easy to find. I wonder how widely this label has been used. I've seen this period and others described as an "age of materialism". I believe I've also seen the 19th century characteri

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Age of Materialism?

2008-04-05 Thread Bill Quimby
I have this sitting in front of me ... title A Generation of Materialism 1871-1900 author Carleton J. H. Hayes part of a series titled The Rise of Modern Europe, edited by William L. Langer published by Harper Torchbooks, 1963 originally published in 1941 It's the kind of item that easily finds i

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Vienna Circle etc.

2008-04-05 Thread rasherrs
Hi Jim Given what I have studied of BT and given his failure to participate more actively in the Vienna Circle I have been of the opinion that he was not a verificationist. The admiration, and apparent benign relationship between Popper and BT, I would have thought, might even indicate that he

[Marxism-Thaxis] Age of Materialism?

2008-04-05 Thread Ralph Dumain
I thought that decades ago I used to see a book in the stores called The Age of Materialism. I have not been able to locate such a title in any online library catalog I've checked nor in the online used book services. Doing a web search, I found exactly one blog that mentions this title: Age o

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Vienna Circle etc.

2008-04-05 Thread CeJ
>>Why do positivist programs fail in the 'sciences of man' according to Husserl ?>> That is a good question. I guess we could look at it both negatively and positively. Negatively, does Husserl point out an overlooked flaw or deficiency --something that others hadn't already noticed? Positively, d