The Logical Foundations of the Marxian Theory of Value
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VOLUME 223
THE LOGICAL FOUNDATIONS
OF THE MARXIAN THEORY OF VALUE
ADOLFO GARCIA DE LA SIENRA Institute of Philosophical Research. Universidad Nacional Aut6noma de Mexico
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Garcia de la Sienra, Adolfo The logical foundations of the Marxian theory of value Garcia de la Sienra. p. cm. -- (Synthese library; v. 223) Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN 978-94-010-5193-4 ISBN 978-94-011-2694-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-2694-6
1. Surplus value. 2. Labor theory of value. I. Title. 11. Series. economlCS. HE!20S.G34 1992 335.4' 12--dc20
3. Marxlan 92-14028
ISBN 978-94-010-5193-4
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1 THE PROTOTYPE OF MARX'S LABOR THEORY OF VALUE
1.1 Marx's concept of value 1.2 Description of the prototype 1.3 Mathematical modeling of the prototype 2 THE PROBLEM OF FOUNDATIONS
2.1 The sense and import of the Law of value 2.2 The problem of generalizing the prototype 2.3 A concise history of MTV 3 STRUCTURES AND REPRESENTATIONS 3.1 Structures 3.2 Representations 3.2.1 The ontological framework 3.2.2 A case of representation
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8 18 20 41 42 53 54 63 64 76 76 80
4 THE DIALECTICAL METHOD 4.1 Hegel's dialectical method 4.2 The Marxian "inversion" of Hegel's dialectic 4.3 A new formulation of dialectic 4.3.1 The theological framework 4.3.2 Dialectic revisited 4.3.3 The dialectic of the theory of value 4.3.3.1 Dialectic as model construction 4.3.3.2 Dialectic as theory construction 4.3.3.3 The dialectical method in axiomatic systems
91 92 99 104 104 110 115 117 122 125
5 ABSTRACT LABOR 5.1 Krause's treatment of abstract labor 5.2 The concept of abstract labor 5.3 The existence of abstract labor
129 133 137 142 149
5.4 The representation of abstract labor
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6 THE GENERAL AXIOMS OF THE THEORY
6.1 A general market economy 6.2 The Fundamental Marxian Theorem
159 161 175
7 GENERAL REPRODUCIBILITY
179
8 THE PROTOTYPE REVISITED
191 192 193
8.1 The Leontief economy 8.2 Mathematical modeling of the Leontief economy NOTES
207
BIBLIOGRAPHY
213
NAME INDEX
219
SUBJECT INDEX
221
INTRODUCTION
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