"In addition to the general problems of the behaviorist program, there are some special difficulties involved in applying this doctrine to the social sciences. Most importantly, it... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-03 10:01:32
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"Socialism, as a political doctrine and a social movement, has never set itself purely economic aims. From the beginning its ideal was the creation of a new type of society, or, as... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-03 12:51:49
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"Objectivists have often confined inquiry to statistical data as a means of avoiding the problem of interpretation. On the face of it, statistics on crime, marriage, employment, religious... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-04 11:40:15
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"The insight that has inspired the development of sociologies of knowledge, namely, the idea that thought and social context are integrally related, has become quite commonplace. It is... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-04 12:18:03
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"In Dialectical Phenomenology: Marx's Method , I analyze Marx's theorizing. I do so by concentrating on his method. I formulate this method as dialectical phenomenology. The body of this... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-05 11:28:05
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Democracy is not about individuals, or a community, telling individuals how to live their individual lives. Democracy is not about one individual -- an absolute monarch, for example... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-05 13:08:25
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" Dialectical Phenomenology: Marx’s Method analyzes Karl Marx's method of theorizing. It  focuses on the Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy , a work... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-10 12:33:33
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Stochastic dialogue -- dialogue grounded in random discussions of variable thoughts and ideas, and situated in casual deliberations on various observations and opinions  --... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-10 21:25:35
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There are libertarian capitalists and there are libertarian socialists. As a professed libertarian socialist, I regard libertarianism as identical with anarchism. I regard libertarian... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-10 21:31:32
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There are libertarian socialists.  If a society can be libertarian, then there can be a libertarian socialism. There can be a state-socialism, which is statist, rather than socialist,... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-10 21:46:07
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There are social-democrats who believe that political democracy and political liberty are equivalent and identical political possibilities; that political democracy and policial liberty are... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-10 21:56:16
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Some will say: Democracy is not very libertarian. But, that's an expression of an opinion; it is one opinion among other opinions about democracy and liberty. It's not a factual,... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-10 22:06:41
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Is there a constitutional right for citizens of the United States to vote in federal elections? Neal Boortz says that there is no constitutional right for American citizens to vote... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-13 18:54:04
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"The weapon of criticism cannot, of course, replace criticism by weapons, material force must be overthrown by material force; but theory also becomes a material force as soon as it has... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-18 10:55:53
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I equate market efficiency with competitive pressures . Is this an incorrect association? Is this an erroneous connection? There are those who will say that  the... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-18 11:25:58
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Unemployment is a tragedy for those who are suddenly unemployed. Producers can be unemployed, not because they deserve unemployment, but only because they have been too productive, in some... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-18 14:15:12
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"I argue for a social philosophy that is at once anti-collectivist and anti-atomist. The philosophy is anti-collectivist in rejecting the idea that individuals are the playthings of... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-24 09:39:09
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A stateless society can be both libertarian and democratic; but, a fascist state cannot be  either libertarian or democratic. Although there are state-socialist versions... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-24 11:10:38
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"It has been suggested by many writers, though often for very different reasons, that the problems facing the development of the sociology of knowledge might be resolved through a... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-25 12:28:37
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"It would be utopian to think that what happens in politics is a function of the normative ideas that circulate in and around the political world. The form that institutional policies... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-26 10:15:37
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"Out yonder there was this huge world, which exists independently of us human beings and which stands before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partially accessible to our inspection... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-26 11:57:52
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"Is motion relative? After some first thoughts you may be inclined to answer, 'Of course it is!' Imagine a train moving north at 100 kilometers per hour. On the train a man walks south at... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-31 10:40:41
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