The Leninist Theory of Perception
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3887798 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Goldstick (0000-0002-6513-0346, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 1980-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300024707 |
| OpenAlex | W2009809061 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
In the standard English-language reference work, The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Paul Edwards (New York and London, 1967), we find the following blunt statement on the subject of "orthodox Marxism's" theory of knowledge:Its epistemology is naive representationism.The use of the word "naive" will alert the reader to the unsurprising fact that the reference here is a definitely unfriendly one. More interesting is the way in which this characterization, based on an interpretation of Lenin's Materialism and Empirio-Criticism, has become generally accepted in English-speaking philosophical circles over the past forty years. The purpose of the present article is to explain the representationalist interpretation, challenge it in favour of an alternative reading of Lenin's text, and make some substantive comments on issues arising from the philosophical debate between the representationalist and anti-representationalist positions outlined
Criticism · Direct and indirect realism · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Materialism · Perception · Political science · Reading (process) · Skepticism · Sociology · Statement (logic) · Subject (documents) · Computer Science · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Marxism and Critical Theory · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2021 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |