Is Marxism scientific?

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From: Bill.McKinley_at_mailhost.dpie.gov.au
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 9:13:26 +1000

                      Is Marxism scientific?                       23/5/97

Carl Fink (I think) said:

>That's not true -- they were both *inspired* by actual science, but
>neither is "scientific" by definition. They aren't supported by
>evidence.

I know this is off topic, but Marxism and psychoanalysis are supported by some evidence.

The traditional argument against them as sciences is that they are not falsifiable. That is, if one of their hypotheses fails to come about (such as Marx's hypothesis that capitalism would inevitably suffer a dialectical crisis in the 19th century) the proponents of the theory can argue it away rather than conceding that the theory was wrong and then reworking it.

Bill

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