Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Does Gödel Matter?

2005-03-15 Thread Ralph Dumain
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

[Marxism-Thaxis] Does Gödel Matter?

2005-03-15 Thread Charles Brown
> > %% > CB: I think Hegel mentions math and jurisprudence as prime areas of the > operation of formal logic. > > VFR: True enough, but I've a strong feeling that there's more to the lawlessness of laws and constitutions than formal logic. > ^^ CB: I'm curious to hear your discussion of

[Marxism-Thaxis] No Detroit Takeover : Part II

2005-03-15 Thread Charles Brown
No Detroit Takeover : Part II Last November , we won a great People's victory with masses of Detroit voters rejecting the continuation of the state takeover of the school board and system. This same mass consciousness of homerule and kujichakulia for Detroit will take to the streets to let Lansin

[Marxism-Thaxis] Re: Imperialism's "war for democracy" in the Middle East

2005-03-15 Thread Fred Feldman
The growing striving for popular democracy in the Middle EastFred Feldman Mar 15, 2005 05:01 PST This is a useful summary article in my opinion. The range and variety of aspirations for democracy in the Middle East are part of the breakdown of the old status quo, which the US rulers are

[Marxism-Thaxis] Marines snub UAW olive branch

2005-03-15 Thread Charles Brown
Marines snub UAW olive branch Reservists will park elsewhere, although union admits mistake banning nonunion cars, Bush stickers. By Eric Mayne / The Detroit News >

[Marxism-Thaxis] Lewontin reviews book on brain

2005-03-15 Thread Charles Brown
>From the Lancet March 12 2005 The 21st-Century Brain: Explaining, Mending and Manipulating the Mind Steven Rose. Jonathan Cape, 2005. Pp 344. £20·00. ISBN 0-224-06254-9. In their attempts to make the mysterious c