h) The laws that figure in Marxs explanations have to be interpreted as dialectical tendencies. g) The movement proceeds in stages from more abstract to more concrete levels of analysis. f) The movement from abstract to concrete aims at the construction of the concrete-in-thought, which is constituted as a complex of interconnected factors whose pattern of interconnection represents in thought the dynamic structures of the concrete-real. e) The internal relations at play in Marxs thought must be interpreted in terms of the notion of the concrete universal.

d) This movement is undertaken within a framework of internal relations. c) Neither is the movement from the abstract to the concrete a movement in which the concrete-in-thought can be deductively inferred from the abstract. b) The movement from abstract to concrete does not purport to be generative of the concrete-real. A proper understanding of this method requires a clear comprehension of the following points: a) A distinction must be made between the concrete-in-thought and the concrete-real. Our central concern in what follows will be the exploration of just what is involved in this movement from the abstract to the concrete. It appears in the process of thinking, therefore, as a process of concentration, as a result, not as a point of departure, even though it is the point of departure in reality and hence also the point of departure for observation and conception. But this is by no means the process by which the concrete itself comes into being The concrete is concrete because it is the concentration of many determinations, hence unity of the diverse. He method of rising from the abstract to the concrete is only the way in which thought appropriates the concrete, reproduces it as the concrete in mind. 1 It sets out from the vantage point of the central core of Marxs own formulation on method that appears in his Introduction to the Grundrisse. This paper presents a methodological exploration that brings out the interrelated dimensions of Marxs dialectical-empirical method of explanation, and also provides some philosophical warrant for the viability of this method. Palabras clave: Concreto-de-pensamiento, lo concreto-real, lo concreto universal, movimiento dialéctico, relaciones internas. Se revela que: a) todo factor explicativo viene de una pregunta empírica previa b) este método se desarrolla en etapas desde niveles más abstractos hacia niveles más y más concretos de explicación c) las leyes que figuran en las explicaciones de Marx deben ser interpretadas como tendencias dialécticas d) este método es una especie de síntesis dialéctica de la ley que abarca y los modelos genéticos de explicación y e) emplea lo concreto universal y las relaciones internas como cánones fundamentales de su interpretación.

Valiéndonos de las formulaciones del pensador alemán, elaboraremos de modo filosófico las implicaciones de este método. Key words : Concrete-in-thought, concrete-real, concrete universal, dialectical movement, internal relations.Įste artículo explora la madurez de la explicación dialéctica del método de Marx. It discloses that: a) all explanatory factors come from prior empirical inquiry b) this method moves in stages from more abstract levels to more and more concrete levels of explanation c) the laws figuring in Marxs explanations must be interpreted as dialectical tendencies d) this method is a sort of dialectical synthesis of the covering law and genetic models of explanation and e) that it employs the concrete universal and internal relations as fundamental canons of interpretation. Drawing from Marxs formulations, the paper proceeds to philosophically elaborate what this method involves. This paper explores Marxs mature method of dialectical explanation. Marxs Dialectical-Empirical Method of ExplanationĮl método de explicación dialéctico-empírico de Marx

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