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Handwritten note cards titled:

  • First order linear difference equations with solutions and properties
  • Mathematics, with a St. Augustine quote on mathematicians, cited from Geoff Hodgson's "Marxist Epistemology and the Transformation Problem"
  • Linear differential equations with constant coefficients, referencing Goldberg, Differential Equations
  • Marx's Errors, on Marx's mistaken estimation of future generations completing his work, citing Marx to Kugelmann via Nicolaus, Introduction to Grundrisse (Pelican Library, 1973, p. 59) (9/2/82)
  • Appearance, Essence, & Aspects, on the visible and less visible aspects of objects and relations (9/18/82)
  • Common Sense & Science, on the relationship between common sense and scientific knowledge (9/21/82)
  • Chance and Necessity, citing MEGA II, 3, p. 53 via Mandel on the formation of economic thought of Karl Marx (7/1/83)
  • Friedmanite Methodology, on instrumentalism, citing Bear and Orr in "Logic & Expediency in Eco. Theorizing" in JPE (75, April 1967, pp. 188–196), discussing Popper and Kuhn's critiques
  • Reference to Harold Petersen, "The Wizard Who Oversimplified: A Fable" in QJE (LXXIX, May 1965, pp. 209–210)
  • Introduction to Scientific Method: The Meaning of a Scientific Approach to the Social Sciences, on frames of reference, Darwin, and universal categories
  • On Method: Class Struggle, on the implicit premise of the "class strugglest" position in constructing theory (9/22/82)
  • Limits and Laws as Tendencies, on objective limits arising from the structure of relations (7/77)
  • Marx on Method, referencing M–E Correspondence on Proudhon, society, mode of production, and historical relations vs. abstract categories (1/3/78)
  • Marx on Hegel's Method Applied to Political Economy, from Poverty of Philosophy (Int. Publishers, N.Y.), on Hegel's method reducing everything to logical categories through abstraction and applying the absolute method to political economy (pp. 106–107)
  • Marx on Abstraction (TSV II, Ch XVI), on the vulgar view that profit is a mere addition over value, Ricardo's errors through forced abstractions, and Ricardo not carrying true abstract thinking far enough (pp. 427, 438)
  • Marx's Approach in Vol I, quoting Marx, Wages, Prices and Profit (p. 42), on starting from the theorem that commodities are sold at their real values
  • Marx on Idealism & Hegel, from Poverty of Philosophy (Int'l Publishers, 1971), on production relations as theoretical expressions, categories as pure ideas, the movement of pure reason through thesis–antithesis–synthesis, and the absolute method (pp. 105–107)
  • Contradictions and Formal Logical Consistency, on Mills presenting Ricardo's theory in systematic form, the disintegration of the Ricardian School, and the master's contradictions testifying to the richness of the living foundation, citing TSV III, XX, 2, p. 85
  • Marx on Mathematics: Letters to Engels, on tables showing movements of prices and discounts, the desire to mathematically deduce the main law of crises, citing letter to Engels (May 31, 1873; Collected Works, Vol. XXIV, p. 414); also Marx studying algebra in 1858; referencing Dirk J. Struik, "Marx and Mathematics" in Science & Society (Vol. 12, 1948, pp. 181–96)
  • Vol. I, Ch. XV, Section 6, on before/after calculations of machinery's effect on surplus-value and social value (pp. 432ff., 445, 406)
  • Marx on Method (2), on requirements for dialectical presentation of a science, citing Marx to Lassalle (123, Feb. 1, 1868), and abstract vs. concrete determinations, citing Marx to Engels (129, April 2, 1858) 

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This is from Professor Shaikh's collection of over 1800 index cards  Not all folders had cards behind them and those that did varied in the number of cards.

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