Re: The 'formalising' of dialectics.

On Jul 3, 12:15=A0am, John Holmes <jhol...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, scottpsolo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > please give an example of how a study of the dialectical method led to
> > a practice that led to a great scientific discovery in the past 50
> > years.

> That would be Stephen Jay Gould, I do believe.

> > please quote the great scientist who attributed his discovery to his
> > understanding of the dialectical method
>
> That would be the early book of his, forget which one, where he talked
> about Engels's "Dialectic of Nature" and how he was into it and how it
> related to his own work.
>
> He didn't of course rant about how his discovery was *because* of his
> mastery of The Dialectic, not being a Healyite.
>
> -jh-

Don't recall any contribution on the question of Marxist philosophy by
the Sparts - despite Trotsky's clear call for this - especially in the
USA - in In Defence of Marxism.