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Marx's scientific and political criticism: the internal relation

Marx's scientific and political criticism: the internal relation

Authors :
Paolucci, Paul
Source :
Capital & Class. February 1, 2015, p65, 14 p.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

Marx's method of critique via several philosophy of science categories reveals logical problems, as well as political biases, within different competing approaches of his period. Some principles subject to Marx's criticism include: metaphysics, ahistoricism, false universalisation, inversion, reductionism, idealism, obscurantism, incommensurability, and tautology. This paper examines these categories and their logical bases, the competing approaches Marx targets as politically biased because of their failure to either respect such principles or their violation of them, and the way in which, by extension, several traditions in modern social discourse reveal parallel political biases because of similar logical failures. Keywords Method of critique, politics, philosophy of science, internal relations<br />Introduction It is a mistake to assume that Marx's political criticism of other theorists of his period stems from subjective, private, and/or personal criteria he imposes from the outside. Instead, [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03098168
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Capital & Class
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.405483646
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816814564657