Allin C and LAWS OF CHAOS

1994-03-27 Thread Ajit Sinha
Soon after Allin C put forth his LTV Defence 2, I posted a short comment/critic ism of THE LAWS OF CHAOS by Farjoun and Machover, since his arguments are so heavely influenced by this book. Apparently it got lost in the vast cyberspace. I thought may be for good--I will get some work done. But the

Allin C and LAWS OF CHAOS

1994-03-27 Thread Ajit Sinha
Soon after Allin C put forth his LTV Defence 2, I posted a short comment/critic ism of THE LAWS OF CHAOS by Farjoun and Machover, since his arguments are so heavely influenced by this book. Apparently it got lost in the vast cyberspace. I thought may be for good--I will get some work done. But the

AS-AD without end

1994-03-27 Thread Peter.Dorman
Well, here we go again on AS-AD: The Theory that Would Not Die. I won't reply to Barkley's comments on foreign substitution except to say that I am not impressed by references to textbooks, since I have seen them say dubious things in the past. This is not to say I assume them to be wrong, just

AS-AD without end

1994-03-27 Thread Peter.Dorman
Well, here we go again on AS-AD: The Theory that Would Not Die. I won't reply to Barkley's comments on foreign substitution except to say that I am not impressed by references to textbooks, since I have seen them say dubious things in the past. This is not to say I assume them to be wrong, just

Re: "science" and "laws"

1994-03-27 Thread Rudy Fichtenbaum
Y Varga has an interesting discussion of Economic laws in his book _Politio-Economic Problems of Capitalism_. I don't agree with everything he writes but I do accept he view of laws as tendencies. He writes: "Social laws are therefore no more than tendencies the development of which is constantl

Re: "science" and "laws"

1994-03-27 Thread Rudy Fichtenbaum
Y Varga has an interesting discussion of Economic laws in his book _Politio-Economic Problems of Capitalism_. I don't agree with everything he writes but I do accept he view of laws as tendencies. He writes: "Social laws are therefore no more than tendencies the development of which is constantl

"science" and "laws"

1994-03-27 Thread Jim Devine
Michael Perelman seems to be right in his assertion that German is a pretentious language (unlike English, of course! :-) ) But in my understanding Marx and Engels both used the *weaker one* of two German words that are both translated as "science." That word is "Wissenschaft" which I understa

"science" and "laws"

1994-03-27 Thread Jim Devine
Michael Perelman seems to be right in his assertion that German is a pretentious language (unlike English, of course! :-) ) But in my understanding Marx and Engels both used the *weaker one* of two German words that are both translated as "science." That word is "Wissenschaft" which I understa

Labour values : late postings

1994-03-27 Thread Paul Cockshott
I must appologise to people if some of my postings repeat points that Allin and others may have raised. Mail often takes a while to get to me, so that I find after I have sent things out that the debate may already have covered them. ---

Labour values : late postings

1994-03-27 Thread Paul Cockshott
I must appologise to people if some of my postings repeat points that Allin and others may have raised. Mail often takes a while to get to me, so that I find after I have sent things out that the debate may already have covered them. ---

LTV defence

1994-03-27 Thread Paul Cockshott
It seems to me that Barkley is demanding too much of a theory of value. Remember what values are in formal terms. They are a set of coercion operators that map usevalue types onto a single scalar type. Thus the value of corn is a function of form (corn -> value), that of horses a function of fo

LTV defence

1994-03-27 Thread Paul Cockshott
It seems to me that Barkley is demanding too much of a theory of value. Remember what values are in formal terms. They are a set of coercion operators that map usevalue types onto a single scalar type. Thus the value of corn is a function of form (corn -> value), that of horses a function of fo