by Devine, James
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But for Marx, a contradiction was an empirical (real, practical)
phenomenon,
unlike the contradiction in logic. A social organization -- such as
capitalism -- was a whole or totality, but in its structure, there were
different parts that didn't work together well.
Charles B: Wouldn't you say that also for Marx, contradictions in the capitalist
system are the motives for it to change into a different system, i.e.
socialism ? Contradiction as the basis for change is a dialectical concept.
Marx deals with dialectical, not formal logical contradictions.
I
by Devine, James
I don't know about motives, but obviously for Marx, the contradictions in
capitalism create possibilities for the emergence of socialism.
CB: OK. Instead of motives , causes for it to change. The dialectical idea
is that everything changes, and the change is based on the
In a message dated 7/21/2004 11:36:26 AM Central Standard
Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The contradictions dealt with in the absolute general law
of capitalist accumulation are the poverty and unemployment that inherently
accompany technological progress under capitalist relations of
Charles:The contradictions dealt with in the absolute general law of capitalist
accumulation are the poverty and unemployment that inherently accompany
technological progress under capitalist relations of production, a
contradiction of regress and progress, with regress being absolute and
progress
, July 21, 2004 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: absolute general law of capitalist accumulation/dialectics and
logic
Charles:The contradictions dealt with in the absolute general law of
capitalist
accumulation are the poverty and unemployment that inherently accompany
technological progress under capitalist
] absolute general law of capitalist
accumulation/dialectics and logic
Dear Devine / To relate each contradiction with its results
is to return to
an explanation established in causality. In fact, it will lead to the
abandonment of the totality notion./ Mário
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