Hello Jerry,
On 2 Jun 2001, at 21:20, Gerald_A_Levy wrote:
> > Re discussing more concrete things: What you
> > say is fair enough
> > but I think the reason that abstract issues (eg
> > TP) are discussed is
> > because they have massive implications for more > concrete work.
>
> They _might_ have important ('massive')
> implications for analyzing more concrete subjects,
> but I don't think that there is much (any?)
> evidence to show that that is 'the reason' these
> abstract issues are discussed at length.
>
What can you mean by 'evidence' here? I take it that the fact is
that these issues are discussed at length. This is surely a kind of
'evidence' for my suggestion? Indeed, viewing this 'evidence' any
other way is likely to be be a rather less sympathetic
interpretation, for it would cast doubt on the scientific justification of
these long debates. Further 'evidence' of a different sort is that
different theories of value yield very different concrete results. This
is why I mentioned Ben Fine's many, many concrete studies,
based explicitly on a take on the LTV (though rather ignored on
OPEL). For this is clear 'evidence' that a take on the debates has
'massive' implications for more concrete work.
Best wishes,
Andy
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