Empiriomonism: Essays in Philosophy, Books 1–3

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Empiriomonism is Alexander Bogdanovs monistic philosophy of being and cognition, which he believed is consistent with both modern science and Marxism. It is of the same order as materialist systems and is the ideology of the productive forces of society. Contents Editor’s Introduction on Text and Translation Bogdanov’s Autobiography Bogdanov as a Thinker • V.A. Bazarov Book One 1 The Ideal of Cognition (Empiriomonism of the Physical and the Psychical) 2 Life and the Psyche 3 Universum (Empiriomonism of the Separate and the Continuous) Conclusion to Book One Book Two 4 The ‘Thing-in-Itself’ from the Perspective of Empiriomonism 5 Psychical Selection (Empiriomonism in the Theory of the Psyche) 6 Two Theories of the Vital-Differential Book Three 7 Preface to Book Three 8 Social Selection (Foundations of the Method) 9 Historical Monism 10 Self-Awareness of Philosophy (The Origin of Empiriomonism) Bibliography Name Index Subject Index