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Thursday, May 12, 2011

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Alternatives to Positivism
by Igor Naletov
CONTENTS
Page
Introduction 7
CHAPTER ONE. BETWEEN SCIENCE AND METAPHYSICS 23
1. Metaphysics and Anti‑Metaphysics of Positivism 23
2. Metaphysics of "Critical Rationalism" 59
3. "Scientific Realism." Metaphysics and Ontology 104
CHAPTER TWO. SEARCH FOR OBJECTIVE KNOWLEDGE 139
1. Positivism: Objectivity as Observability of Events 139
2. Objective Knowledge and "Critical Rationalism" 177
3. From Physicalism to "Scientific Materialism" 196
CHAPTER THREE. DIALECTICAL BEARINGS 245
1. Overcoming Hegel 245
2. Marx and the Problem of Concrete Knowledge 268
3. Concreteness of Materialist Dialectics 301
4. Materialist Dialectics and Special Sciences 327
5. Dialectics and the Integration of Science 357
6. Dialectics of the Objective and the Subjective in Scientific Cognition 390
Conclusion 449
Name Index 461
Subject Index 465
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  1. alex harlandMay 12, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    Mr. Rothermel:

    Could you you comment on the following question or give me a website or blog I could go to for a discussion on dialectical materialism?

    Question: As I understand diamat, motion is opposition or contradiction. When progress or motion does happen must these oppositions or contradictions first be reconciled, consolidated, unified?

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