'family resemblances' as the later Wittgenstein (having realised/reached the
limits of math and logic) would put it ..... post pointing the poker at
Popper .... and each one's meaning (new labour, third way, neo-con, Atlee's
social welfare form, social dem, neoliberal) depending on how it is used or
'practiced'.
Capitalism is an abstraction - capitalisms are facts.
The sun is actually shining in Ireland - very strange.
Dave
p.s. could prob do with a tutorial on random numbers
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Subject: No such thing as 'capitalism'?
David wrote, in part:
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There is no such thing as 'Capitalism' - becoming a bit post-mod - there
are
many capitalisms
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If there are many (or indeed any) instances, then there must be a
concept of which the individuals are (not necessarily identical)
instantiations.
Were this not so the notion of a random variable would be moot, to say
the least.
Best wishes,
Julian
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