Marxism And The Philosophy Of Science

Author : Helena Sheehan
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1786634279
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marxism and the Philosophy of Science written by Helena Sheehan and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful survey of the history of Marxist philosophy of science Sheehan retraces the development of a Marxist philosophy of science through detailed and highly readable accounts of the debates that shaped it. Skilfully deploying a large cast of characters, Sheehan shows how Marx and Engel’s ideas on the development and structure of natural science had a crucial impact on the work of early twentieth-century natural philosophers, historians of science, and natural scientists. With a new afterword by the author.

Author : Helena Sheehan
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1786634260
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marxism and the Philosophy of Science written by Helena Sheehan and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful survey of the history of Marxist philosophy of science Sheehan retraces the development of a Marxist philosophy of science through detailed and highly readable accounts of the debates that shaped it. Skilfully deploying a large cast of characters, Sheehan shows how Marx and Engel’s ideas on the development and structure of natural science had a crucial impact on the work of early twentieth-century natural philosophers, historians of science, and natural scientists. With a new afterword by the author.

Author : J. B. S. Haldane
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317356209
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Marxist Philosophy and the Sciences written by J. B. S. Haldane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1938, is based upon the Muirhead lectures on political philosophy delivered in the University of Birmingham in January and February of 1938. This title was intended to be of interest to students and scientific workers in the belief that Marxism will prove valuable to them in their scientific work, as well as to a wider audience.

Author : Max Eastman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000370364
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marxism written by Max Eastman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1941, Marxism: Is it Science? was written to present the author’s criticisms of Marxism and, in doing so, to further exemplify his ‘Method of Instruction’ first proposed in an earlier work. The book is divided into six parts to provide six complete presentations of Marxism and why the author considers it unscientific. The six different approaches, varying in focus and complexity, work together to give the reader a detailed overview of Marxism and the authors critique of it.

Author : V. N. Voloshinov
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674550988
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marxism and the Philosophy of Language written by V. N. Voloshinov and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V. N. Volosinov's important work, first published in Russian in 1929, had to wait a generation for recognition. This first paperback edition of the English translation will be capital for literary theorists, philosophers, linguists, psychologists, and many others. Volosinov is out to undo the old disciplinary boundaries between linguistics, rhetoric, and poetics in order to construct a new kind of field: semiotics or textual theory. Ladislav Matejka and I. R. Titunik have provided a new preface to discuss Volosinov in relation to the great resurgence of interest in all the writing of the circle of Mikhail Bakhtin.

Author : Alan Woods
Publisher : Wellred Books
ISBN 13 : 1900007568
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reason in Revolt written by Alan Woods and published by Wellred Books. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The achievements of science and technology during the past century are unparalleled in history. They provide the potential for the solution to all the problems faced by the planet, and equally for its total destruction. Allegedly scientific theories are being used to "prove" that criminality is caused, not by social conditions, but by a "criminal gene". Black people are alleged to be disadvantaged, not because of discrimination, but because of their genetic make-up. Of course, such "science" is highly convenient to right-wing politicians intent on ruthlessly cutting welfare. In the field of theoretical physics and cosmology there is a growing tendency towards mysticism. The "Big Bang" theory of the origin of the universe is being used to justify the existence of a Creator, as in the book of Genesis . For the first time in centuries, science appears to lend credence to religious obscurantism. Yet this is only one side of the story.

Author : David Joravsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soviet Marxism and Natural Science, 1917-1932 written by David Joravsky and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The focus here is on Soviet Marxist philosophy of natural science, as it developed in its first phase, from 1917 to 1932." -- Preface.

Author : Alan R. Burger
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789060321867
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marxism, Science, and the Movement of History written by Alan R. Burger and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1980 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alex Callinicos
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192851512
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marxism and Philosophy written by Alex Callinicos and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1985 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marxism began with the repudiation of philosophy, yet Marxists have often resorted to distinctively philosophical modes of reasoning. In recent years, Western Marxism has been more concerned with philosophy than with research or political activity, and in this book Callinicos explores the ambivalent relationship between Marxism and philosophy. Beginning with Marx and the legacy of Hegelianism, he surveys the schools of Marxist philosophy from Engels and the Second International through the revolutionary Hegelianism, of the 1920s, the Frankfurt School, and the anti-Hegelian Marxism of Adorno and Althusser.

Author : Richard Hudelson
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marxism and Philosophy in the Twentieth Century written by Richard Hudelson and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1990-09-25 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Useful to both students and scholars of the social sciences and humanities, this book provides a guide to fundamental issues in twentieth-century Marxist thought. Outlining the two distinct and incompatible critiques of vulgar Marxism-- Marxist-Leninism and humanistic Marxism--that gained prominence in the aftermath of World War I, this book presents both an historical overview of these two dominant traditions and a critical analysis of their philosophical roots. Challenging the viewpoints of Marxist thought which have prevailed in this century, Richard Hudelson, argues that the supposed philosophical breakthroughs claimed by both Marxist-Leninism and humanistic Marxism rest upon flawed reasoning. With a careful critique of these prevailing views he presents his own view which while receptive to the social scientific work of current analytical Marxism, de-emphasizes the importance of philosophy in the study of Marxism. Hudelson contends that developments in contemporary philosophy of science will allow for an appreciation of the scientific Marxism of the Second International without recourse to the philosophical theories of humanistic Marxism and Marxist-Leninism. Also, using some of the more recent developments in the philosophy of science, this book makes possible a fruitful exchange between analytical Marxism and Marxist-Leninism. Divided into three parts, the book first presents a historical introduction which identifies positions and arguments of historical significance. This is followed by an analytical look at various arguments to determine where the strongest position lies. Finally, the author offers some concluding remarks on the significance of his analysis for current directions within Marxist philosophy.