Logic and Dialectics in Social Science, Part II

Dialectics, Formal Logic and Mathematics1

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2369747
AutoresGuglielmo Carchedi (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands,, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen34
Número5
Páginas631-656
Fecha de publicación2008-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0896920508093361
OpenAlexW2040116095
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas18

Building upon the theory submitted in the previous issue of this journal, this article examines both similarities and differences with Engels' dialectics of nature. It argues that Engels' approach is unsuitable to reveal the specificity of society's movement towards both reproduction and supersession. It then considers the basic features of formal logic and compares them with dialectical logic. It stresses the class nature of formal logic and the conditions upon which the tools of formal logic (rather than formal logic itself) can be employed within dialectical reasoning. Particular attention is given to deduction and verification in dialectical and formal logic. Finally, Part II looks at Marx's Mathematical Manuscripts and argues, differently from other commentators, that the Manuscripts' real importance resides not in Marx's original method of differentiation but in their providing key insights into Marx's notion of dialectics. These insights are found to support the theory submitted in this work

Dialectic · Epistemology · Philosophy of logic · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory