Studies in Soviet Thought

Early in 1958 a number of research projects on Soviet philosophy were started at the Institute of East-European Studies at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) under the direction of the undersigned. At present, they are all completed or nearly so and

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Edited by J. M. BOCHENSKI

STUDIES IN SOVIET THOUGHT I

STUDIES IN SOVIET THOUGHT I Edited by J. M. Bochenski and T. J. Blakeley

D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY / DORDRECHT-HOLLAND

ISB~-13:978-94-010-3268-1

e-ISB~-13:978-94-010-3266-7

DOl: 10.1007/978-94-010-3266-7

Copyright 1961 by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means without permission from the publisher

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface Contributors

J. M. Bochenski On Soviet Studies

VII

IX

1

T. Blakeley A Bibliography of Soviet Philosophy

12

T. Blakeley Method in Soviet Philosophy

17

J. M. Bochenski Soviet Logic G. Kung Mathematical Logic in the Soviet Union (1917-1947 and 1947-1957)

29 39

N. Lobkowicz The Principle of Contradiction in Recent Soviet Philosophy

44

H. Dahm Soviet Philosophy's Conception of "Basic Laws", "Order" and "Principles"

H. Fleischer On Categories in Soviet Philosophy-A Survey S. Muller-Markus Einstein and Soviet Philosophy

Z. Jordan The Development of Philosophy and Marxism-Leninism in Poland since the War

N. Lobkowicz Marxism-Leninism in Czechoslovakia L. Vrtacic Marxist-Leninist Literature in Jugoslavia (1945-1959)

52 64

78 88 100

III

A. Buchholz Problems of the Ideological East-West Conflict

120

Index of Names

133

Index of Subjects

139

PREFACE

Early in 1958 a number of research projects on Soviet philosophy were started at the Institute of East-European Studies at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) under the direction of the undersigned. At present, they are all completed or nearly so and their results are described in 18 different volumes. In spite of the fact that all of them have been already published or soon will be (mostly in German), it has been thought worthwhile to present their main conclusions in the form of short English reports. This book contains in the main these reports. Only the two programmatic papers (my own and that of Dr. Buchholz) and the study of Dr. Dahm are not direct results of the above-mentioned projects. But it will be clear to everyone that they, too, are closely connected with the subject envisaged and are written from a similar point of view. It will, perhaps, be convenient to briefly formulate this standpoint. All the writings included here are concerned with recent (i.e. mainly postStalinist) developments in Soviet philosophy, where "Soviet" is taken in the wide meaning of the word, covering also Marxism-Leninism in Communist countries other than the Soviet Union. All the authors started with the assumption that there are interesting aspects to these more recent developments. There was also a common assumption that only specialized work on first-hand sources can be of relevance in this field. In short, it is the editor's belief that the main methodological views stated in his programmatic paper ("On Soviet Studies") were uniformly held by the authors. Each of them worked independently and carries, therefore, complete responsibility for his contribution to