>Wojtek wrote,
>/ > Marx, being a closet Aristotelian, assumed that
/>/ economic essence i.e. value
/>/ > resides in things themselves
/
>Zero for two, Woj,
Two for two, Just. The interesting thing here is that you and I, who disagree about the utlility of value theory (or was it the value of utility theory?), can agree that John B. upholds an argument of Marx's that is not Marx's and that Wojtek criticizes an argument of Marx's that is also not Marx's. This leaves open the possibility that even if we are correct in our interpretation on this point, we may be wrong with regard to some other part of what we think Marx wrote and/or meant.
A thought that I had in the sauna this morning is that fanaticism is a symptom primarily of doubt. If we're confident of the correctness of our view, there's no great urgency to win an argument about it. It's only when we're anxious that we need the reassurance of defeating other views. The problem is, you can never win an argument. Has anyone here ever won an argument? Please tell me about it because I don't think it can happen.
The Sandwichman