Podcast

Marxist logic is dialectical, not formal. That means its starting point is change and contradiction – all truths become untruths because all that exists will perish. But how do we use logic to understand change? How do things change?

Logic is usually seen as a dry, boring discipline suitable only for pedants. This is because it is traditionally seen as having no relation to the real world of objects, and is instead a self-contained system of rules for thought. Marxism completely rejects this formalism and seeks to find the basis for our logic in this real world.

In the third part of this series on Marxist philosophy, Daniel Morley talks about the Marxist view on human nature.

In the second part of this series on Marxist philosophy, Daniel Morley talks about the nature of knowledge.

In the first part of this series on Marxist philosophy, Daniel Morley talks about materialism.

In this podcast, Ben Curry provides an in-depth history of the contrasting philosophies of idealism and materialism – two fundamental trends in philosophy, which have re-appeared in various forms throughout the history of human thought.

Ben Curry gives an overview of the development of scientific theories and the philosophical ideas that lie behind some of the biggest scientific revolutions in history.