Jerry Monaco wrote:
> To the extent that the ontological issues you refer to are at the
> heart of Marx's view of history and evolution, (and I don't think that
> they are, but I am not willing to argue it, because it feels too much
> like Catholic School to me) to that extent Marx it is irrelevant to
> actually trying to find out about how the human species (and other
> species for that matter), live, "came about" in biological history,
> created their own ecological niches, "developed culture," and how
> they, in the course of history, built various complex societies with
> their own rules, institutions, etc.
They would only be irrelevant if in fact "choice" and "purpose" had nothing to do with these phenomena. Asserting that they don't isn't an argument. The Catholic School ploy isn't an argument either.
Ted