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

2005-03-11 Thread Ralph Dumain
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] Re: Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

2005-03-09 Thread Ralph Dumain
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 > couple of interesting books, mostly witho

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

2005-03-09 Thread andie nachgeborenen
--- 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 > couple of interesting books, mostly without mumbo > jumbo, as I recall. I > assume you mea

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

2005-03-09 Thread Ralph Dumain
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 couple of interesting books, mostly without mumbo jumbo, as I recall. I assume you meant 100% not 10% external. As for dialectics and emergence,