From: Dave Zachariah (davez@KTH.SE)
Date: Fri Feb 01 2008 - 09:57:43 EST
on 2008-02-01 14:09 Jerry Levy wrote: > *Too much* generality (over-generality) is also a criteria by which one views a theory. I.e. a social theory should accurately specify the parameters of its own domain and not over-reach by also attempting to explain domains which existed prior to the coming into being of the subject of the theory. > "Too much generality" would occur when a theory makes a wide range of predictions but over-reaches and turns out to be empirically inaccurate. But in any case, historical materialism specifies the parameters of its domain: all human societies. You have not demonstrated that what I've been saying about productive/unproductive labour is wrong, whereas I have tried to show that the previous attempts to classify it under capitalism is wrong from the standpoint of historical materialism. //Dave Z
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