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

2005-02-26 Thread Steve Gabosch
At 02:42 AM 2/26/2005 -0500, you wrote: 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

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

2005-02-26 Thread Jim Farmelant
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:29:25 -0800 Steve Gabosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 02:42 AM 2/26/2005 -0500, you wrote: > >At 06:01 PM 2/25/2005 -0800, Steve Gabosch wrote: > > > BTW, what awful book and who was John Somerville? He was an American philosopher who wrote studies of Soviet philo

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

2005-02-26 Thread Jim Farmelant
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:49:38 -0500 Jim Farmelant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:29:25 -0800 Steve Gabosch > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > At 02:42 AM 2/26/2005 -0500, you wrote: > > >At 06:01 PM 2/25/2005 -0800, Steve Gabosch wrote: > > > > > > > > > BTW, what

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

2005-02-26 Thread Ralph Dumain
"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

2005-02-26 Thread Steve Gabosch
I see John Somerville wrote a number of books on Marxism. I don't think Novack ever mentioned him, and I do not remember ever hearing of him elsewhere or running across his work. A superficial scan of the article on line didn't impress me as contributing to any particular ongoing debate withi

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

2005-02-26 Thread Ralph Dumain
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