--- Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> wrote: >
Cian says:
>
> >Because the statements of Marx could not be
> >falsifiable, Marxism is not scientific.
>
> You have yet to prove your hypothesis that "the
> statements of Marx
> couldn't be falsifiable."
I suggest that you read "The Poverty of Historicism". I am not Popper, and it's been a few years since I've read him, so my paraphrasing of his theories would be hopelessly inadequate. I don't have my copy to hand, or I'd quote from it.
> BTW, is Popper's theory falsifiable?
Popper's theory doesn't claim to be scientific. Being scientific is not a mark of legitimacy. However unscientific theories cannot take advantage of the scientific toolset of predictive induction etc.
It's worth bearing in mind that in Marx's day, being scientific was a used as a mark of academic respectability and modernity. More a buzz word, than a description of philosophical rigour.
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