Marx, Engels and the Philosophy of Science

This book expounds the dialectical conception of science largely implicit in the writings of Marx and Engels, offering a sympathetic reconstruction of a philosophy of science commensurate with Marx's thought.

List of contents

Introduction: historical materialism and the lingering war on science
1: Dialectics and materialist science
2: The dialectic of subject and object
3: Ontology, relations, and fetishism
4: The materialist matrix of classical Marxian science
5: The external and internal relationship of theory and reality
6: The logical character of Marx's scientific achievements

About the author

David Bedford is Retired Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, and the co-author of The Tragedy of Progress: Marxism, Modernity and the Aboriginal Question.
Thomas Workman is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, and the co-author of The Servant State: Overseeing Capital Accumulation in Canada and the author of If You're In My Way I'm Walking: The Assault on Working People Since 1970.

Summary

This book expounds the dialectical conception of science largely implicit in the writings of Marx and Engels, offering a sympathetic reconstruction of a philosophy of science commensurate with Marx’s thought.

Product details

• Authors: David Bedford, David (University of New Brunswick Bedford, Bedford David, Thomas Workman
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032331911
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3233191-1
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, Philosophy of Science, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political science and theory, Society and culture: general, Marxism & Communism