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At 14:26 +0100 13-04-2000, Andrew_Kliman wrote:
>Re OPE-L 2815:
>
>Postone writes: "What appears as an 'a priori construction' is a mdoe of
>argument intended
>to be adequate to its own historical specificity. ... The point of he
>departure ... is validated retoractively by the argument as it unfolds,
>by its ability to explain the developmental tendencies of capitaism, and
>by its ability to account for the phenomena that apparently contradict
>the validity of the initital categories."
>
>I think this is right.
I agree with Andrew (and Postone).
riccardo
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