On Fri, 30 May 2008, Jerry Monaco wrote:
>> Well as a theory of how to win a guerrilla war, it's pretty good.
>>
> To be pedantic again, I would like to ask in what sense is Maoist thought on
> guerrilla war "a theory"
In the same way that Doug's book on the financial markets offers an alternative account of their dynamics. To take one example out of a million.
An alternative account of reality and causality is a theory. And if it's better than the mainstream account, it's a better theory, a more intelligent theory, something that represents an advance in thought, which was the original question.
If you want to use the word differently, be my guest.
Michael