[Marxism] Preface to the first edition of Capital

[Jim Farmelant]

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:18:45 -0500 Louis Proyect <lnp3 at panix.com> writes:


> 
> I imagine because they always involve a shift in a paradigm. For 
> example, Einsteinian physics involves such a shift as does the "big 
> 
> bang" explanation for the origins of the universe. Thomas Kuhn has 
> the 
> ultimate take on this process:
> 
> The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (SSR) (1962) Kuhn argued 
> that 
> science does not progress via a linear accumulation of new 
> knowledge, 
>

I discussed Thomas Kuhn along with the logical empiricist
philosopher/physicist Philipp Frank.  Actually, Frank developed
many of the ideas that we now associate with Kuhn
years earlier, but he never got the fame and attention
that Kuhn did.  See my Thaxis post:

www.mail-archive.com/marxism-thaxis at lists.econ.utah.edu/msg01609.html