Dialectical Logic; Essays on its History and Theory

Dialectical Logic; Essays on its History and Theory

Author: Evald Vasilyevich Ilyenkov

Publisher: Aakar Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9788189833398

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This book traces the development of Dialectical Logic within the history of modern western philosophy, culminating in Marx s materialist dialectics. It brings out the essential contours of Logic through a detailed exposition of the ontological and epistem


Dialectical Logic

Dialectical Logic

Author: Evald Ilyenkov

Publisher:

Published: 2014-04

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781312108523

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"The task, bequeathed to us by Lenin, of creating a Logic (with a capital OLO), i.e. of a systematically developed exposition of dialectics understood as the logic and theory of knowledge of modern materialism, has become particularly acute today. The clearly marked dialectical character of the problems arising in every sphere of social life and scientific knowledge is making it more and more clear that only Marxist-Leninist dialectics has the capacity to be the method of scientific understanding and practical activity, and of actively helping scientists in their theoretical comprehension of experimental and factual data and in solving the problems they meet in the course of research."


Reason in Revolt

Reason in Revolt

Author: Alan Woods

Publisher: Wellred Books

Published: 2015-12-15

Total Pages: 557

ISBN-13: 1900007568

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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.


The Dialectics of the Abstract and the Concrete in Marx's Capital

The Dialectics of the Abstract and the Concrete in Marx's Capital

Author: E. V. Ilyenkov

Publisher: Aakar Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9788189833381

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The book presents an integral Marxist conception of the dialectics and methodology of scientific theoretical cognition, of the dialectical interrelation between the abstract and the concrete, of the unity of the historical and the logical, of the correlat


An Introduction to the Logic of Marxism

An Introduction to the Logic of Marxism

Author: George Novack

Publisher: Pathfinder

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780873480185

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Marxism is dialectical, Novack explains. It considers all phenomena in their development, in their transition from one state to another. And it is materialist, explaining the world as matter in motion that exists prior to and independently of human consciousness.


Reading Hegel

Reading Hegel

Author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Publisher: re.press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 0980666589

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This book incorporates seven 'Introductions' that Hegel wrote for each of his major works: the Phenomenology, Logic, Philosophy of Right, History, Fine Art, Religion and History of Philosophy, and includes an Introduction and Epilogue by the Editors, serving to introduce Hegel to the reader and to situate him and his works into their wider context.


The Development of Dialectic from Plato to Aristotle

The Development of Dialectic from Plato to Aristotle

Author: Jakob Leth Fink

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1139789287

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The period from Plato's birth to Aristotle's death (427–322 BC) is one of the most influential and formative in the history of Western philosophy. The developments of logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and science in this period have been investigated, controversies have arisen and many new theories have been produced. But this is the first book to give detailed scholarly attention to the development of dialectic during this decisive period. It includes chapters on topics such as: dialectic as interpersonal debate between a questioner and a respondent; dialectic and the dialogue form; dialectical methodology; the dialectical context of certain forms of arguments; the role of the respondent in guaranteeing good argument; dialectic and presentation of knowledge; the interrelations between written dialogues and spoken dialectic; and definition, induction and refutation from Plato to Aristotle. The book contributes to the history of philosophy and also to the contemporary debate about what philosophy is.


Badiou and Hegel

Badiou and Hegel

Author: Jim Vernon

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2015-07-22

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0739199900

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Badiou and Hegel: Infinity, Dialectics, Subjectivity offers critical appraisals of two of the dominant figures of the Continental tradition of philosophy, Alain Badiou and G.W.F. Hegel. Jim Vernon and Antonio Calcagno bring together established and emerging authors in Continental philosophy to discuss the relationship between the thinkers, creating a multifarious collection of essays by Hegelians, Badiouans, and those sympathetic to both. The text privileges neither thinker, nor any particular topic shared between them; rather, this book lays a broad and sound foundation for future scholarship on arguably two of the greatest thinkers of infinity, universality, subjectivity, and the enduring value of philosophy in the modern Western canon. Assuredly overdue, this volume will attract Hegel and Badiou scholars, as well as those interested in post-structuralism, political philosophy, cultural studies, ontology, philosophy of mathematics, and psychoanalysis.