Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Forward from Rosa Lichtenstein on Analytic Marxism

As I've said, Rosa combines two ideological tendencies of the undead, Trotskyism and Wittgenstein, either of which will suck the life force out of you. This obsession with the formulas of dialectical materialism--to defend or attack it--is simply childish, as it's only a drop in the bucket of h

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] [marxistphilosophy] Soviet philosophy preserved online

I messed up the main link for leninist.biz. Here's the home page: http://leninist.biz/ To contact Robert directly, use this email address: webmas...@leninist.biz At 06:29 PM 8/13/2009, Ralph Dumain wrote: >... > >In addition to my own efforts, and in many cases

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] [marxistphilosophy] Soviet philosophy preserved online

The home page and sitemap are not well-organized for navigating the site. To keep up with English-language additions, see: http://leninist.biz/en/whatsnew At 11:47 AM 8/15/2009, Ralph Dumain wrote: >I messed up the main link for leninist.biz. Here's the home page: > >http://lenin

[Marxism-Thaxis] Soviet philosophy online -- recent additions (1)

I haven't read this, but I see that Robert Cymbala has digitized yet another book out of the archives of Soviet philosophy: M. E. Omelyanovsky (H. C. Creighton, trans.), Dialectics in Modern Physics en/1979/DMP383/ Here's where you can keep track of new boo

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Obama speech to students sparks new controversy

Uh-oh, the crackers are restless . . . At 09:09 AM 9/4/2009, c b wrote: >Obama speech to students sparks new controversy > >By LIBBY QUAID and LINDA STEWART BALL, Associated Press Writers Libby >Quaid And Linda Stewart Ball, Associated Press Writers 2 hrs 4 mins >ago >DALLAS ­ When kids all across

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Lichtenstein vs. Andrew Kliman on dialectics

I can't make a lick of sense out of Andrew Kliman's side of the debate with Rosa. But note that none of it has any relationship to dialectical materialism or the Marxist-Leninist notion of dialectical logic, which is really all that pedestrian Rosa has to argue against. And in that arena Rosa

[Marxism-Thaxis] Paul Cockshott on Leonid Kantorovich and the socialist calculation debate revisited

Some time ago Jim gave us this reference. If you are interested in Cockshott's analysis of the socialist calculation debate, high-tech socialism & e-democracy more generally, see his web site: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~wpc/reports/ At 09:37 PM 5/24/2009, Jim Farmelant wrote: >Paul Cockshott o

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Paul Cockshott on Leonid Kantorovich and the socialist calculation debate revisited

Not that I endorse an exclusive concentration on economic calculation, but Cockschott's overall perspective can be found here: 21st Century Marxism http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~wpc/reports/21stCenturyMarxism.htm At 11:02 AM 9/22/2009, Ralph Dumain wrote: >Some time ago Jim gave us this r

[Marxism-Thaxis] Paul Cockshott on e-democracy

ectronicvotesspanish1.ppt>Los Plebiscitos electrónicos a talk based on work by Karen Renaud and I that was given at a seminar in Barquisimeto in Venezuala in 2007. <http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/%7Ewpc/reports/electronicvotes.ppt>English version At 11:39 AM 9/22/2009, Ralph Dumain wrote: &g

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] latest issue of the Indian ML journal Revolutionary Democracy

Yeah, thanks for the Stalinit bullshit. How I hate third world revolutionism. At 04:48 PM 9/29/2009, c b wrote: >Thanks > >On 9/29/09, marxist front wrote: > > > > Dear comrades and friends, > > The latest issue of the Indian ML journal Revolutionary Democracy > is now available. It is a double

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Michael Moore Was Right: Progressives Don't Watch Enough TV

"Mad Men" is a great series, though hardly the best ever. "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is hilarious. "The Daily Show" and "Colbert" are part of the culture of upscale liberalism, which is to say, part of the Establishment, and like all liberals now, not even that liberal. The author, though, is full

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Get Off Obama's Back ...second thoughts from Michael Moore

Sounds to me that Moore has jumped the shark. Now what role does Catholicism play in his film? -Original Message- >From: c b >Sent: Oct 12, 2009 11:08 AM >To: Forum for the discussion of theoretical issues raised by Karl Marx and the >thinkers he inspired , >pe...@lists.csuchico.edu >

[Marxism-Thaxis] Langston Hughes's radical poetry

Dawahare, Anthony. 'Langston Hughes's radical poetry and the "end of race",' MELUS 23: 3, pp. 21-41. (Fall 1998). According to the author, Hughes' radical poetry spanning the years 1932-1938 has largely been left out of anthologies and scholarly attention. Hughes himself began to repress this p

[Marxism-Thaxis] Langston Hughes's radical poetry: TAKE 2

Dawahare, Anthony. 'Langston Hughes's radical poetry and the "end of race",' MELUS 23: 3, pp. 21-41. (Fall 1998). According to the author, Hughes' radical poetry spanning the years 1932-1938 has largely been left out of anthologies and scholarly attention. Hughes himself began to repress this p

[Marxism-Thaxis] latest Soviet philosophy books online

. . . from the defunct Progress Publishers, that is. I limit myself to books of philosophical interest. Bogomolov, A. S. History of Ancient Philosophy: Greece and Rome; translated by Vladimir Stankevich. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1985. 349 pp. (Guides to t

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] latest Soviet philosophy books online

f the price for >comparable works from US or UK publishers. >Also, if you were interested in that sort of >thing, you could get the collected speeches >of various top Soviet leaders. > >Jim F. > >-- Original Message -- >From: Ralph Dumain >To: "m

[Marxism-Thaxis] Soviet inventory at Wonder Books

Some of the Soviet inventory mentioned with regard to Kamkin Books can be found at: Wonder Books http://www.wonderbk.com/ A good percentage of these books are ridiculously expensive. Here are some bargains of possible interest, though: Standard Domestic Shipping $3.99 - each additional ships

[Marxism-Thaxis] Soviet inventory at Wonder Books (2)

The first list I sent was of Progress Publishers books. But there are other Soviet imprints as well. Raduga Books: http://www.wonderbk.com/productcart/pc/advSearch_h_fulltext.asp?idSupplier=10&bookType=products&title=&keyWord=&Description=&authors=&priceUntil=9&Submit.y=16&Publisher=radu

[Marxism-Thaxis] Soviet inventory at Wonder Books (3)

Here are some first-class bargains: Lenin and the Russian Revolution (Pelican books) By Christopher Hill Penguin (Non-Classics) (Paperback - 1978) ISBN: 0140212973 Buy Wonder Copy(Found 1 as low as $1.99) [

[Marxism-Thaxis] Marxism & the Jewish Question: Selected Bibliography

I've added some further references to my bibliography in progress, and I'm too worn out to go looking for more material, but here's a good start: Marxism & the Jewish Question: Selected Bibliography compiled by Ralph Dumain http://www.autodidactproject.org/bib/jews-marxism.h

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marxism & the Jewish Question: Selected Bibliography

Thanks. I got some main ideas out of a cursory scan of this article, but I'm confused at other points. Also, I didn't follow the historical exposition too closely. If I could read this is a bone fide English translation I'd do better. I'll just note the points that leapt out at me. 1. The aut

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Baraka on Barack

Baraka is and has always been a first class political asshole. How ironic that an erstwhile petty bourgeois bohemian turned anti-Semitic black nationalist turned Maoist jackass--i.e. a lifelong romantic pseudo-revolutionary--should now turn on people just like him and engage in all kinds of sla

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] [marxistphilosophy] Re: Baraka on Barack

My apologies. I responded to a post over a year old, and so my response has no current relevance. I should have paid attention to the date. I don't think much of Baraka, though, as a poet or as a radical. Sometimes he hits the mark, but mostly he is a fool. I've seen him many times over the yea

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Baraka on Barack ( old post and topic)

When I responded to your recent posts, I found this old post sitting right next to it in alphabetical order in my in box. I should have been more attentive, but this is what sleep deprivation does to a person: you just keep going on semiautomatic pilot. The Obama presidency is already dead in t

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Jewish Question in 19th-20th Century Eastern Europe: 3 bibliographies

Time for an update on my bibliographies. I've learned, not much to my surprise though indeed to my disgust, that I can't bring up the subject of Jews in any context without being immediately assaulted by bigots. These additional bibliographies reveal more of the extent of my interests. I've al

[Marxism-Thaxis] Bundist Counterculture in Interwar Poland

The new book on the Bund I alluded to in my previous post is: Jacobs, Jack. Bundist Counterculture in Interwar Poland. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, in cooperation with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 2009. xii, 185 p. Here is the description from amazon.com: "In the years be

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Why Did Engels Write Anti-Dühri ng ?

Hopefully, the next installment will be better than this. This one is devoid of serious content and repeats unexamined cliches. Of far greater importance than Engels' nebulously conceived dialectics of nature is his criticism of Duhring's metaphysical approach. In this respect, Engels' work d

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Why Did Engels Write Anti-Dü hring ?

long-dead horse. At 04:15 AM 1/5/2010, D. Göçmen wrote: >Of far greater importance than Engels' >nebulously conceived dialectics of nature is his >criticism of Duhring's metaphysical approach. >Ralph, can you please explore on that a bit more >please. Thank you, Doğan

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ?

"The weak points in the abstract materialism of natural science, a materialism that excludes history and its process, are at once evident from the abstract and ideological conceptions of its spokesmen, whenever they venture beyond the bounds of their own speciality." --- Karl Marx Terry Eag

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] How Atheists Can Use Christianity

This is a disgusting reactionary fraud down to its subatomic particles. Next comes another revival of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. At 02:13 PM 1/5/2010, c b wrote: >How Atheists Can Use Christianity By Nathan >Schneider, The Guardian Posted on January 5, >2010, Printed on January 5, 20

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ?

familiar with Dennett, but the last presentation I remember he did in DC was so godawful, I'm inclined to dismiss him, too. Philosophy in the USA is pretty damn narrow as well. At 04:34 PM 1/5/2010, c b wrote: > Ralph Dumain wrote: > > >What Dawkins et al are deficient in i

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ?

It was Weitling or another major exile that was involved in the American abolitionist movement and organized a German-speaking regiment in the Union army. I need to check my book on the Ohio Hegelians. . . . Oh, the individual in question is August Willich. At 08:48 AM 1/6/2010, c b wrote: > F

[Marxism-Thaxis] Re: COMMUNISTS’ EFFECT ON A MERICA

Amazing. Is this one and the same ideological complex to be found in the current red-baiting of Obama? It seems so. At 11:31 AM 1/6/2010, c b wrote: >Ironically, it is the neo-Confederate rightwingers who are , I guess, >trying to bring back slavery in the South, who chronicle the enormous >contr

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ?

Wilson is another reactionary ignoramus, certainly not a "new" atheist, any more than his pal Dawkins is new. At 01:43 PM 1/6/2010, c b wrote: >Another biologist on religion. Wilson is a main sociobiologist. > >CB > >http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/2005-November/019411.html >

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

About 30 years ago, Lyndon La Rouche's disciples were actively recruiting orthodox Jews. Any idea why that might be? At 05:53 AM 1/11/2010, CeJ wrote: >JF > >Maybe this angle on AR explains her appeal to Orthodox types? Some of >the discussion there looked like it was going towards anti-semitism,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Re: [marxistphilosophy] Pierre Bourdieu dies

email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ___ Ralph Dumain The Autodidact Project <http://www.home.thirdage.com/Education/ralphdavid>

[Marxism-Thaxis] Re: Sartre & Skinner

There are certain points in this argument that strike me as conceptually dubious: (1) Skinner was no materialist, but a pure positivist. Even the author admits this: "he repeatedly rejected a realist stance on the epistemological question of how and what we know." (2) "Skinner rejected, in th

[Marxism-Thaxis] Re: [marxistphilosophy] Sociobiology in the USSR

It's a fascinating story, and it illustrates the incredible ideological naivete the intellectuals produced by class societies, whether of the capitalist or Stalinist sort. Wilson and Skinner on the one hand, the Soviets on the other (except this Dubinin looks like a smart fellow)--what fools!

[Marxism-Thaxis] Re: Dave Dellinger obit

A very interesting set of posts. I've been too busy and too exhausted to respond to Justin and gilhyle on Quine, semantic holism, etc. with my usual promptness. I've got an interesting article on Gramsci, Gouldner, and Habermas to review. More on all this as time permits. I recall the last t

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] What Next? - Marxist Discussion Journal

The reviews are interesting, esp. that of Raya Dunayeskaya. It breaks off though in mid-sentence. Either there is something wrong with my Internet connection (which might well be the case) or this web page. Anyway, the reviewer captures the essential problem with deciphering Raya. Also, in

Re:[Marxism-Thaxis] Fw: Discussing Sudan #1

It is always worthwhile to look beneath the surface and investigate the facts, but I don't trust Lil Joe's rhetoric. There's something sectarian and dishonest about this. Do you have any better sources that would help people unravel the situation? At 06:34 PM 8/1/2004 -0400, Jim Farmelant wro

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Fw: Discussing Sudan #1

Said web site is very depressing. Aside from the personal biography, the site seems to be a mixture of Afrocentrism and extreme left sectarianism. Some of it is literate, and some of it is stupid. The article by tow other folks labeling Michael Moore as a white nationalist is enough to condemn

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Forward from PENL- Louis on China and socialism

This shows you the despicable consequences and delusions of Stalinism. Monthly Review would like to get itself off the hook but one must recall its despicable support for Maoism. The very wording of this article implies that nothing was really wrong in the beginning except excessive centraliz

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] A Marxist analysis of the history of psychoanalysis

It is rather difficult to know what to make of this book from the review. In what way does Zaretsky purport to improve on Erich Fromm? At 12:39 PM 9/5/2004 -0400, Jim Farmelant wrote: NY Times Book Review, September 5, 2004 'Secrets of the Soul': Is Psychoanalysis Science or Is It Toast? By DAPH

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] "John Kerry will make his adoring anti-war groupies look like fools" - Ed Luttwak

It is essential not to have illusions. It is also crucial to defeat Bush. At 12:47 PM 10/24/2004 -0400, Jim Farmelant wrote: Sunday Telegraph October 24, 2004 John Kerry will make his adoring anti-war groupies look like fools By Edward Luttwak ___ Marxi

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] "John Kerry

spineless little shit in refusing to stick up for black voters in Florida. This is a trivial election only for leftists with one hand stroking their putzes and their head up their ass. At 01:43 PM 10/24/2004 -0400, Jim Farmelant wrote: On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:07:30 -0400 Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Empire v. Democracy: Interview with Michael Parenti

Stalinist leanings aside, Parenti got to the heart of the issue of globalism: Globalism is the elevation of the property value above all democratic values, above all other social values. So any kind of public service can be wiped out for interfering and creating lost market opportunities for the pr

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Have a happy and merry December 25

A-fucking-men! But: Born: 4 Jan 1643 in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England Died: 31 March 1727 in London, England Isaac Newton was born in the manor house of Woolsthorpe, near Grantham in Lincolnshire. Although by the calendar in use at the time of his birth he was born on Christmas Day 1642, we

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Old Thread: Dialectics of Nature

Reading this old thread of my late beloved Lisa brings back a lot of memories. I do not, remember, however, how this discussion proceeded from there. I do remember that it was an unfinished discussion, and that I had it in the back of my mind to engage Lisa once again attempting to divert her

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Old Thread: Dialectics of Nature

I made a comparable argument as part of a recent discussion in a local philosophy group. The topic was emergence. I made a pitch for Engels as a pioneer of this concept. Curiously, much of the literature on the subject--including encyclopedia articles--is heavily biased in citing its history

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Old Thread: Dialectics of Nature

At 11:17 PM 2/19/2005 -0800, Steve Gabosch wrote: What wonderful descriptions of an obviously wonderful person. 35 is way, way to soon to go, what a tragedy. What was Lisa's full name? Does she have a representative piece of writing on the internet or otherwise published? Whether she does or

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Old Thread: Dialectics of Nature

At 09:05 PM 2/22/2005 -0800, Steve Gabosch wrote: Interesting comment on the Dewey Decimal System. Now I am curious about how it was invented and constructed, and how Hegelianism was part of that. The Library of Congress system also has a logic I haven't investigated but would like to understa

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Old Thread: Dialectics of Nature

Between Ideas. London: Duckworth, 1973. 130 p. illus. 23 cm. At 01:24 AM 2/23/2005 -0500, Ralph Dumain wrote: At 09:05 PM 2/22/2005 -0800, Steve Gabosch wrote: Interesting comment on the Dewey Decimal System. Now I am curious about how it was invented and constructed, and how Hegelianism was part

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Old Thread: Dialectics of Nature

There's a treasure trove buried inside mountains of crap, but nevertheless there is a lot of important Soviet work, in the history of philosophy and philosophy of science. Even some of the more general programmatic works are important, because the Soviets had some basic orientations, which were

[Marxism-Thaxis] [marxistphilosophy] matter & motion [fwd]

This essay is now on my web site: "Matter and Motion" by L. Bazhenov http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/bazhenov.html While generally this kind of material has a tendency to get tedious, this article sums up the issues very succinctly and is useful both to the general reader and the miseducated

Re: [marxistphilosophy] Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Old Thread: Dialectics of Nature

She's a co-author of EINSTEIN A-Z. I saw both of them here in Washington, and both are foxes. The book itself seems to be primarily of value to those not already well versed in Einstein lore. At 09:33 PM 2/21/2005 -0500, Jim Farmelant wrote: Science writer, Karen C. Fox, has posted on her webs

[Marxism-Thaxis] integrative levels & library science on the web

THE CLASSIFICATION RESEARCH GROUP AND THE THEORY OF INTEGRATIVE LEVELS L OUISE F. S PITERI http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/review/summer1995/spiteri.pdf or http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/review/summer1995/spiteri.html Integrative level classification Research project http://www-dimat.unipv.it/biblio/isko/ilc/

[Marxism-Thaxis] Novack vs. Van Heijenoort on dialectics, 1943

I have stumbled onto some long sought material in my files, i.e. my notes from 1991 on debates on dialectics conducted under pseudonyms, featuring William Warde (George Novack) and Marc Loris (Jean Van Heijenoort), with interventions by John G. Wright, J. Weber, George Sanders, Irwin Hyper & Bu

[Marxism-Thaxis] Hegelian influence on library classification

W.T. Harris, the most influential of the St. Louis Hegelians, is determined to be the decisive influence on the organization of the Dewey Decimal Classification system: "Hegel's Philosophy as Basis for the Dewey Classification Schedule" by Eugene E. Graziano http://www.autodidactproject.org/oth

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Old Thread: Dialectics of Nature

ce and downward causation. BTW, did Whitehead have any kind of social theory? At 02:35 PM 2/25/2005 -0500, Charles Brown wrote: Ralph Dumain: There's a treasure trove buried inside mountains of crap, CB: No doubt true. Maybe we can even use some of the crap as fertilizer for fruitful en

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Hegelian influence on library classification

Glad I could be of service. It took a hell of detective work to unearth it, and all night to edit it to some decent level of acceptability. I think I discovered the article in 1980 in either a comprehensive Hegel bibliography or a library science literature search. As far as I can determine,

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Novack vs. Van Heijenoort on dialectics, 1943

At 06:01 PM 2/25/2005 -0800, Steve Gabosch wrote: Yes, that would be an interesting discussion to read. Where does one get SWP internal bulletins from the 1940's? In New York, the best place is Tamiment Library at NYU, where I did a great deal of research in the '90s. Also Prometheus Research L

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Novack vs. Van Heijenoort on dialectics, 1943

"The Philosophy of Marxism: An Exposition" is the book I had in mind. It is often used as a standard textbook. What a piece of crap! But rather typical, esp. of the books that muck around with dialectical logic. (The later Soviet textbooks became a bit shrewder, pretty much avoiding the top

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Novack vs. Van Heijenoort on dialectics, 1943

I've addressed the Somerville question elsewhere. I always assumed he was Cp, judging by the company he kept. But I don't think so; that's why I referred to him as a fellow traveller. I've not visited CSH in Berkeley, which is based on Hal Draper's work, but I would assume it is comprehensive

[Marxism-Thaxis] emergence blog

I decided that the easiest way to log my ongoing information-gathering and commentary on the philosophical, ideological, and social issues surrounding emergence (emergent properties) is to make a blog out of cleaned-up versions of my e-mails on the subject, written for various audiences. So if

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Feuerbach-Frederick Douglass

Pass out?--meaning got to get some sleep and can't hold out any longer. There are a number of important connections between people that drop out of historical awareness. One task of scholarship is to restore those connections. The 1990s were a marvelous decade for historical research and publi

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Oscar

I watched this speech and a few others. But I have to confess to being one of these Northerners unwilling to accept the validity of Southern traditions in any respect--including the traditional notions of Southern blacks. I find comments such as Jamie Foxx's depressing in the extreme, though

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

It's really sickening to have to read this sort of material, though I am interested in nonstandard analysis in China, about which I know nothing. First of all, the ignorant and destructive Stalinist nonsense against abstract mathematics shows up the obscene degradation of Marxism in backward,

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

We should find out more about what the Chinese have done. It would also be interesting to know if in some way, Marx's attempts to think through the problem based on outdated math books anticipated future developments. However, the account below looks silly to me. The existence of multiple mod

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

I've got to run now, so briefly: At some point, a modus vivendi was worked out, which allowed the propaganda apparatus to do its thing while leaving scientists and mathematicians alone to do theirs. This has roots towards the end of the Stalin era, in the late 1940s, when formal logic was once

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

I haven't been online since mid-afternoon, so I'm just now catching up. I hope others paid more careful attention to my recent posts. There are serious consequences when one allows oneself to get trapped in a narrow corner. It is incumbent upon anyone attempting to speak for the whole to attem

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

You are correct about Lenin as well as Marx and Engels. Lenin was careful about communists' overstepping their bounds of competence. However, even during the 1920s, when activity in all areas was quite creative before Stalin's clampdown, certain bad habits got established. I don't recall exac

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

I'm substantially in agreement with you here. Now, if one wants to unify the marxist and natural-scientific perspectives, in place of relegating them to separate perspectives, then one has to rise to that level of abstraction to construct a unified account of both. This ridiculous meme theory

[Marxism-Thaxis] Alternatives to Positivism

I've put up the table of contents to this book: Alternatives to Positivism Igor Naletov http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/naletov0.html I already had section 1 of chapter one on my web site: Metaphysics and Anti-Metaphysics of Positivism http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/naletov11.html If

[Marxism-Thaxis] Problem of the ideal (Dubrovsky)

A couple new items on my web site: The Problem of the Ideal: Contents http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/dubrov-c.html and: The Problem of the Ideal: Introduction http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/dubrov0.html Some years ago I put up a couple extracts from this book: The Problem of the Ide

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

This is very interesting, but I still do not understand biosemiology. To me the following is complete nonsense: the suggestion that symbolic representation is at very least coterminous with the emergence of life forms and that its initial functional relation to material conditions is self-replicat

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

It depresses me that we still have to have these discussions in 2005. But once more into the breach . . . First, I'd suggest looking at Engels' motives for doing what he did, which was not to present a finished ontology for all time but to combat the half-assed philosophical vulgarities of his

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

I'm still waiting for your account of biosemiotics. From what I've found on the web, it looks like crackpot mystical pseudoscience to me. Once again, my EMERGENCE BLOG: http://www.autodidactproject.org/my/emergence-blog.html As for current objectives, one ought to consider refining one's tools

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Lenin on Dialectics

These quotes are all fine, and show these authors at their best. The issue is, however, developing the logical precision to analyze specific phenomena. As expressed, these are all general thematic principles, which do not function well merely as being quoted chapter and verse. A large histori

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Dialectics of Nature

Engels gives an impressive historical overview. Of great interest is the relationship between the advances in science and the overall legitimating philosophy--deism or French materialism. This illustrates a subtlety often lacking in such discussions. At 09:36 AM 3/9/2005 -0500, Charles Brown

[Marxism-Thaxis] Re: Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

ellectual ineptitude and dogmatism, whether it is Bernal against Macmurray, Novack against Van Heijenoort, Sayers against Norman The record is dismal. At 11:03 PM 3/8/2005 -0800, Justin Schwartz wrote: --- Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It depresses me that we still have to

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Re: Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

At 10:28 AM 3/9/2005 -0800, andie nachgeborenen wrote: --- Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't speak to THE DIALECTICAL BIOLOGIST, as I > haven't read it, though it > is gathering dust somewhere. The Dialectics of > Biology group produced a > coup

[Marxism-Thaxis] Re: [marxistphilosophy] Re: Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

Justin has already spoken for himself. However, I'll remind you that our current discussion (originating on the marxism-thaxis list) involves solely diamat as a general ontology and its applications to the natural world. Justin sees no use for this and you don't either, though from different

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Scientists in America make concessions to Religious Right

The United States is a nation of ignorant dumbfucks who have lost all right to respect. People who don't know how to respect themselves deserve the disrespect of others. As for this squabbling over "standards", anti-science, i.e. religion, should be entirely excluded from the proceedings. Com

[Marxism-Thaxis] Re: Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

Afterthought: "something external to whomever does the theorizing." Aren't you missing out on the notion that Hegel deems philosophy as scientific, i.e. systematic, reproducible, and detachable from the empirical knower? Wasn't this the crux of his quarrel with Schlegel? The unity of subject

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

Wow! Thanks for the synopsis. I don't understand how biosemiotics is Neo-Kantian, though. If you are referring to Soviet philosopher David Dubrovsky, I'd appreciate some expansion on this topic as well. Do you know whether Whitehead had a social theory? The lack of social theory in the bios

[Marxism-Thaxis] Re: [marxistphilosophy] Re: Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

There's a fundamental miscommunication gong on here. But first . . . At 07:02 PM 3/11/2005 +, redtwister666 wrote: Facilitating Organization Change: Lessons from Complexity Science by Edwin E. Olson, Glenda H. Eoyang, Richard Beckhard, Peter Vaill. Notice the E. O. Wilson of sociobiology fame

[Marxism-Thaxis] Re: Article on Goedel and Einstein

This is as good a way as any to celebrate Einstein's birthday. Cheers. I read the first 50 pages of Rebecca Goldstein's new book on Goedel, INCOMPLETENESS. A good read read. I loved Goldstein's first novel THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM. I saw here about the time she was hawking her third or fourth b

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Does Gödel Matter?

I'm not aware that he was a social critic, but according to Rebecca Goldstein, he was a first class metaphysical control freak, leaving nothing to ambiguity or contingency. I don't know whether Godel would say anything about law, but surely it hardly holds up to the standards of formal mathemat

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Les Shaffer on Kurt Gödel

I don't quite understand the remark about the mixing od semnatic and syntactic arguments by Godel. Also, what is the relation to physics? -Original Message- From: Jim Farmelant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mar 16, 2005 1:40 PM To: marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu Subject: [Marxism-Thaxis]

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Les Shaffer on Kurt Gödel

I'm skeptical of many of these analogies of formal systems and dialectics. However, it could be said that the inexhaustibility and incompleteness of the process of axiomatization, along wth other seminal discoveries of the 20th century, accords with the Marxist perspective as well as with a yet

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] More Godel

My opinion is that this sort of analogical reasoning doesn't work well here, i.e. when we are talking about formal mathematical systems. Now, if the topic were a priori philosophical reasoning in general, I might be inclined to agree. In fact, I used a similar argument last year when arguing w

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Does Gödel Matter?

I've heard conflicting things about Heisenberg's politics. His behavior during the war was ambiguous, as was the case with many other German scientists. After Einstein emigrated to the USA, he was so pissed off at his german colleagues he requested his greetings to be forwarded to only one Germ

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] More Godel

First of all, the theories of knowledge of Engels and Lenin lack the specificity to grapple with axiomatic systems as we've come to understand them. Secondly, the philosophical extrapolations and analogies presented here are not very good interpretations of Godel. Putting these two components

[Marxism-Thaxis] Pragmatism bibliography, annotations & reviews

In view of an upcoming local discussion of pragmatism, I've organized some of my material on the subject: Pragmatism and Its Discontents: Selected Bibliography (sans annotations) http://www.autodidactproject.org/bib/pragmabib.html Pragmatism and Its Discontents: Annotated Selected Bibliography http

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] A. Mani : Re: Marxism-Thaxis Digest, Vol 17, Issue 19

More like backwardness and ignorance. At 03:01 AM 3/20/2005 +0530, A. Mani wrote: Re: 1. They're back! Church Bulletins: (Charles Brown) It is the result of Hegelian Dialectics. ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Lewontin reviews Steven Rose's latest book

This is a usefu reference, thanks. I;ll add this to my emergence blog tonight. It's not clear to me what if necessary for consciousness if not brains. Perhpas he's still leaving open the possibility of artificial intelligence? -Original Message- From: Charles Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> S

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Lewontin reviews Steven Rose's latest book

INteresting. I thought Hofstadter's _Goedel, Escher, Bach was apiece of crap, though. -Original Message- From: Charles Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mar 21, 2005 11:04 AM To: 'Forum for the discussion of theoretical issues raised by Karl Marx and the thinkers he inspired' Sub

[Marxism-Thaxis] Emergence, Pierce & pragmatism

Just stumbled onto this paper: CHARBEL NIÑO EL-HANI and SAMI PIHLSTRÖM "Emergence Theories and Pragmatic Realism" (Draft version, February 2002. Comments welcome. Please do not quote.) http://www.helsinki.fi/science/commens/papers/emergentism.pdf

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Paper on emergence

I don't recognize it. Thanks. I've been too exhuated to update my blog, but I'll incorporate these references when I can. -Original Message- From: Charles Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mar 23, 2005 6:42 PM To: 'Forum for the discussion of theoretical issues raised by Karl Marx and

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