On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:25:45 -0400 Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Of these definitions, the one that really matters is (2). But I would
> add
> that positivism tends toward phenomenalism, a merely descriptive
> rather
> than explanatory view of science, science as the economy of t
I hit the send button by mistake and was just getting started.
I curse my stupid hands and fingers.
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Yes, of course. I don't consider this hair-splitting, but others might. The
concept of "tradition", as compared to cumulative experience, is one
consideration. A body of thought that purports to embrace and present itself
as the
crest of the wave of the concrete accumulated experience of
At 03:13 PM 6/9/2007 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>(Three pages of discussion. The Black Marxism thing begins under
>Section III) Is there a black radical tradition in American society? Did
>there develop or emerge a Marxist current within this black tradition?
>Did there develop amongst t
>> Well, we have to become the real bourgeoisie and the real managers of
capital. The equation is not Daimler getting a return on the $36 billion it
paid
for Chrysler and measuring "the big 36" against selling the company for
$7.4
billion.
Debt financing . . . (so I studied a little
Let's keep this black thing going as a vehicle to clarify.
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PEN-L BRICOLAGE CLIP (language attributable to one Michael Perelman I
should guess):
>>I'm trying to make sense of the Cerberus takeover of Chrysler. The
private equity firm is getting Daimler only $1.3 billion not much of a
return for the original $36 billion that Daimler paid for Chrysler.
(Three pages of discussion. The Black Marxism thing begins under Section
III)
Is there a black radical tradition in American society? Did there develop or
emerge a Marxist current within this black tradition? Did there develop
amongst the Marxist current, within the black radical tradition
The fact that Frege and Husserl are seen as belonging to entirely different
worlds relates to the peculiar conditions that created this artificial
concept known as "continental philosophy".
As for scientists, naturally, there are only a small percentage who are
philosophically inclined and only
RE: A note on positivism
>>The positivist conception of science which holds that science aims
at the explanation and prediction of observable phenomena by
treating them as instances of universal natural laws. What Carl
Hempel referred to as the covering-law model of scientific
explanation is adher
PEN-L BRICOLAGE CLIP (language attributable to one Michael Perelman I
should guess):
>>I'm trying to make sense of the Cerberus takeover of Chrysler. The
private equity firm is getting Daimler only $1.3 billion not much of a
return for the original $36 billion that Daimler paid for Chrysler.
The
There is always the risk of being misunderstood. One can simply be wrong or
need to deepen and explain a thesis to take into account other critique. Such
is my experience.
Specifically, I happen to think and believe that Professor West is basically
a bourgeois social democrat and player am
It's only the 'else' that really matters in a productive way, as the
concoction of such an intellectual 'tradition' as an actual entity is where
the trouble lies. And his academic standing matters a great deal, as the
politics of academic departments has a lot to do with the way careers are
ma
Of these definitions, the one that really matters is (2). But I would add
that positivism tends toward phenomenalism, a merely descriptive rather
than explanatory view of science, science as the economy of thought rather
than objective reflection of underlying processes (also what Marx calls
re
I found the interview interesting in its critique of the 'Black
Radical Tradition' and little else.
His take on the history of radical traditions and things like 'Hegel
on the British political economy' could also be interesting.
Regardless of my own misgivings, he is the director of a programme at
On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:09:54 -0400 Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> West begins with a definition of positivism: "Positivism differs
> from other
> philosophic quests for objectivity or searches for foundations in
> that it
> deems the scientific method the only legitimate way
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