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0258 So, what am I saying?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marxist theory3c<\/sub> constitutes a novel style of scientific inquiry,<\/em> because the “model2c<\/sub>” is not mechanical or mathematical (in principle), but can be made to appear so through selective acquisition of observations and measurements of phenomena1c<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, the dyadic actuality2c<\/sub>, {material arrangements [substantiate] human conditions}2c<\/sub> characterizes theory-driven observations and measurements of phenomena1c<\/sub><\/em> as “scientific”1c<\/sub> by treating the vocabulary of Marxist theory3c<\/sub><\/em> as a disciplinary language3c<\/sub> that satisfies the mandates of the positivist intellect<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does any of this seem familiar?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0259 That is not all I am saying.  The reason why the above constitution seems reasonable<\/em> stems from prior success by physicists, chemists and biologists in substituting their mathematical and mechanical models in for the noumenon. Recall that the noumenon<\/em> belongs to what is<\/em> (firstness) in the Positivist’s judgment<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0260 Here is a picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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0261 A slogan attributed to Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) goes like this.  The empirical sciences<\/em> study phenomena<\/em> (the observable and measurable facets of the thing itself) and ignore their noumenon<\/em> (the thing itself).  In other words, phenomena<\/em> cannot fully objectify their noumenon<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within a century, scientists find a way around Kant’s slogan.  Successful models may substitute for<\/em> or overlay<\/em> the noumenon.  When that happens, the overlaying model<\/em> can be objectified as its phenomena<\/em>.  This gives birth to the disciplines of academic laboratory sciences<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0262 What does this mean for Marxist terminology3c<\/sub> as an empirio-schematic disciplinary language3c<\/sub>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a diagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Marxist dyad is {material arrangements [account for] human conditions}2c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0263 Marxist theorists3c<\/sub><\/em> profess that a scientific-sounding dyad2c<\/sub>,<\/em> overlays the thing itself,<\/em> civilizational history<\/em> (what is,<\/em> Positivist’s judgment), because it2c<\/sub> is arises from the possibility of ‘scientific interpretations’1c<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The materialist dyad,<\/em> {material arrangements [substantiate] human conditions}, can be objectified by phenomena produced by a mechanized civilization<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0264 When the USSR dis-integrates, the declaration2c<\/sub> is no longer credible, even though it2c<\/sub> supports a wide variety of critical theories2c<\/sub> that gain respectability in state-supported academies in the USSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0265 USSA?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, the US congress appointed a task group to assess the plausibility that the extra “S” stands for ‘something’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Why,” the politicians wonder, “does that extra S appear out of nowhere?  And what is it supposed to mean?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the congressional “representatives” ignore the national debt that they have voted into existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$38,000,000,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0266 So, what are all these ism<\/em>-ist critical theories2c<\/sub> doing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh yeah, they are identifying phenomena1c<\/sub><\/em> that objectify their materialist dyad2c<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0267 What should one call the current configuration of American critical theory?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides “hilarious”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0268 The experts are versed in capitalism and in socialism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both styles of expertise<\/em> produce dyadic models<\/em> where {material arrangements [substantiate] human conditions}2c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, they pretend that their models<\/em> are the thing itself<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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