Marxism and the Philosophy of Science with Helena Sheehan
Djamil and Donald join Helena Sheehan, author of Marxism and the Philosophy of Science: A Critical History for a deep dive on the interactions between these two …
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On the Scientific Status of Psychoanalysis
Does psychoanalysis have a scientific value beyond being a hermeneutical framework for literary studies? Dillon Reitmeyer argues yes, and that Marxists have much to learn …
Dialectical Materialism, Marxist Realism and Quantum Mechanics
Djamil and Rudy sit down for a hardcore episode on the interaction between Soviet diamat philosophy and Quantum Mechanics. We discuss the analytic core of …
Discovering the Cybernetic Brain
Amelia Davenport interviews philosopher of science and historian of cybernetics Andrew Pickering. We live in a society without a future. Fewer people than ever believe …
Disarming the Magic Bullet
Renato Flores responds to Cam W‘s argument for Maoism and the mass line. Reading: Gabriel Palcic. Global warming is progressing. Millions are going hungry and …
Revisiting the Lysenko Affair
In the second episode of our Soviet Science series, Donald, Djamil and Rudy sit down to contextualize an infamous episode of this story: The case …
Unmasking Social Construction with Djamil Lakhdar
Donald and Rudy are joined by Djamil Lakhdar to discuss Ian Hacking’s book The Social Construction of What?. Written during the “science wars”, Hacking intervenes …
Christopher Caudwell and the Crisis in Physics: A Discussion
To continue our series on the relation of Marxism to science, we read and discussed Christopher Caudwell’s Crisis in Physics. Join Donald, Matthew, Rudy, and …
STEMbrain Socialism
Join Remi as he discusses the history and philosophy of science, as well as its use for socialists with two professional scientists, Matt and Renato …
Knowledge: Power and Emancipation
Renato Flores discusses the privatization of scientific knowledge and examines efforts of revolutionary movements to democratize this knowledge to help develop a communist approach to …
In Defense of the Labor Theory of Value
Djamil Lakhdar-Hamina examines the labor theory of value and references philosophy of science to defend it from critics. Features a reading guide to works on …