Dialogues on the Philosophy of Marxism:
From the Proceedings of the
Society for the Philosophical Study
of Dialectical Materialism

Edited by

John Somerville and Howard L. Parsons

Contents

Preface vii

Introduction xi

Part I: PHILOSOPHIC FOUNDATIONS OF MARXISM

1 Dialectical Materialism and Metaphysics / P. V. Kopnin (USSR) 5

2 Objective Foundations of Scientific Method / V. V. Mshvenieradze (USSR) 18

3 Reflections on Economic Determinism / Brand Blanshard (USA) 31

4 Reflections on Blanshard’s Reflections / John Somerville (USA) 43

Part II: MARXISM AND THEORY OF LOGIC

5 Ontology, Logic, and Dialectical Materialism / John Somerville (USA) 57

6 Comments on Professor Somerville’s Paper / Irving M. Copi (USA) 71

7 A Comment on Professor Somerville’s Paper / Max Black (USA) 75

8 Alienation and Dialectical Logic / Harry K. Wells (USA) 78

Part III: MARXISM AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

9 Critique of Dialectical Materialism: A Few Points Regarding Epistemology, Ontology, and Philosophy of Science / Herbert Feigl (USA) 105

10 The Concept of Dialectical Contradictions in Quantum Physics / M. E. Omel’ianovskii (USSR) 116

11 Marx’s “Science” of History / Quentin Lauer, S. J. (USA) 140

12 Metaphysics and Marxist Philosophy / Stanisa Novakovic (Yugoslavia) 165

Part IV: MARXISM AND HUMANISM

13 Marxist Humanism / Adam Schaff (Poland) 181

14 The Economic Basis of Marx’s Humanism / Donald Clark Hodges (USA) 194

15 Marxist Humanism and Ethics / Mihailo Marković (Yugoslavia) 212

Part V: MARXISM’S IMAGE OF MAN

16 Marx’s Notion of Man / Frederick J. Adelmann, S. J. (USA) 233

17 Comments on Fr. Adelmann’s Paper / Howard L. Parsons (USA) 241

18 Commentary on Fr. Adelmann’s Paper / George H. Hampsch (USA) 248

Part VI: MARXISM AND ETHICAL THEORY

19 Value and Mental Health in the Thought of Marx / Howard L. Parsons (USA) 257

20 Marxist Ethics, Determinism, and Freedom / John Somerville (USA) 270

21 A Critique of Marxist Ethics / Frederick W. McConnell (USA) 279

Part VII: MARXISM AND ALIENATION

22 The Concept of Alienation in the Philosophy of Karl Marx / A. James Gregor (USA) 291

23 A Comment on Professor Gregor’s Paper / Ivan Babic (Yugoslavia) 308

24 Alienation, Empiricism, and Democracy in the Early Marx / Loyd D. Easton (USA) 312

25 On Alienation and the Social Order / Irving Louis Horowitz (USA) 325

Part VIII: MARXISM AND EXISTENTIALISM

26 Marxist Humanism and Existential Philosophy / John Wild (USA) 337

27 Marxism and Existentialism / Barrows Dunham (USA) 354

28 Remarks on the Papers of Professor Wild and Dr. Dunham / Chaim Perelman (Belgium) 360

Part IX: SARTRE AND MARXISM

29 The Significance of Jean-Paul Sartre / Wilfrid Desan (USA) 357

30 Sartre’s Dialectical Reasoning on Individual Freedom / Walter Odajnyk (USA) 375

Part X: DIALOGUE AND HISTORY

31 Dialogue Between American and Soviet Philosophers / John Somerville and Dale Riepe (USA) 391

32 Necessary Polarities in Western Reflection upon History / Richard Boyle O’Reilly Hocking (USA) 402

INDEX 413

SOURCE: Dialogues on the Philosophy of Marxism: From the Proceedings of the Society for the Philosophical Study of Dialectical Materialism, edited by John Somerville and Howard L. Parsons. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1974. xvi, 420 pp. (Contributions in Philosophy; 6)

Note: Certain authors were boldfaced by me. — RD

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