Re: [xmca] Polanyi's "Magic of Marxism"

[Larry Purss <lpscholar2@gmail.com>]

Huw

I like the phrase "We have a prejudice against prejudice".  What happens if
we accept the notion that we always operated from a particular bias or
pre-judgement.  We may become more humble and curious about our biases and
be willing to let others point out our biases without becoming defensive.
The search for certainty may be the biggest fallacy.  I believe Einstein
said you just move deeper into the mystery. Merleau-Ponty's notion that the
world always expresses EXCESS that will always overflow our conceptual
BOUNDARIES is another perspective I appreciate.

Larry

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm revisiting a section of Polyani's "Personal Knowledge", p227, subtitled
> the "The Magic of Marxism", in which he describes the contradictory Marxist
> fervour for anti-idealism and the shielding of this fervour as a 'science'.
> I have noted references to Polyani in archived posts and wondered what
> others thought about this.
>
> I was thinking about this in relation to Luria's "Cognitive Development"
> and
> Ratner's preface to "Macro Cultural Psychology", in which the scientific
> recognition of the social formation of mind might (would?) then lead to
> extensive social changes, such as the unveiling of 'education as content'
> rather than environment.
>
> Here are a few ruminative questions:
>
> + Is it possible to have a long standing interest in something without
> having a fervour for it?  Whitehead's 'Religion of science' comes to mind
> (Science and the Modern World).
>
> + If valid, to what degree does this fervour pollute the science.  Is this
> (simply?) a case of discriminating between authentic science and the
> political wielding of 'science'?
>
> + Can we justify this fervour beyond a personal utopian belief, founded,
> for
> instance, on a understanding of what is wrong currently?  Are there
> benefits
> to such an outlook, such as the avoidance of dogma?
>
> Huw
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