ISSUES IN MARXIST PHILOSOPHY. VOLUME THREE ~ EPISTEMOLOGY, SCIENCE, IDEOLOGY

Mepham, John & David~Hillel Ruben

ISBN 10: 0391010204 / ISBN 13: 9780391010208

Published by Atlantic Highlands NJ. 1979. Humanities Press / Marxist Theory And Contemporary Capitalism series, No. 20, 1979

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grey full library buckram cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. a little sunfading, not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (FPu1979 & nap). xiv+197p. endnotes for each essay. philosophy. politics. world history. ~"'THIS MAJOR NEW SERIES of essays explores a wide variety of issues central to Marxist philosophy. Here English~speaking philosophers make an important contribution to Marxist discussion and clarify previously confused areas of debate. These studies will be useful not only to academic philosophers but to all those for whom Marxism is a live and developing tradition. The essays in this volume go far beyond current empiricist and Althusserian orthodoxies, and emphasise the radical difference between Marx's epistemology and other theories of knowledge. Several essays analyse Marx's views on scientific thought; the sciences necessarily involve the use of abstract concepts, which must be understood in the light of Marx's realist interpretation of causality. Arguing against the empiricist views on causality and testing procedures, the authors criticise influential Althusserian doctrines of 'theory', and vigorously attack the work of some British Althusserians. CONTENTS = Notes on Authors ~ General Introduction ~ Introduction to Third Volume Marx's Revolutionary Science (Roy Edgley) ~ Science as Critique: Marx vs Althusser (Derek Sayer) ~ In Defence of Epistemology (Andrew Collier) ~ On the Possibility of Social Scientific Knowledge and the Limits of Naturalism (Roy Bhaskar) ~ The Theory of Ideology in Capital (John Mepham) ~ The Theory of Ideology in General: A Response to John Mepham's Article (Steve Butters) ~ Science and Ideology: Critical Comments on John Mepham's Article (Kathryn Russell).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ISSUES IN MARXIST PHILOSOPHY. VOLUME THREE ~ EPISTEMOLOGY, SCIENCE, IDEOLOGY
• Publisher: Atlantic Highlands NJ. 1979. Humanities Press / Marxist Theory And Contemporary Capitalism series, No. 20
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0391010204
• ISBN 13: 9780391010208
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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  • politics
  • world history
  • philosophy

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VOLUME 1, DIALECTICS AND METHOD