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Jim Farmelant

@jimfarmelant

articles: 12
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avg read: 2.9 min
active: 2024-10-09 → 2026-03-20

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Quantum physicist David Bohm and Marxism

The American physicist David Bohm was noted, among other things for his causal or “hidden-variables” interpretation of quantum mechanics…

Oct 21, 2025 · 3 min read · 25 claps #quantum-mechanics #david-bohm #marxism

Quantum physicist David Bohm and Marxism

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In the United States, a prison abolition movement has been slowly gaining ground.

Skinner wasn’t a political activist, but he was deeply skeptical of punishment as a way to change behavior. He argued that punishment…

Feb 15, 2026 · 2 min read · 1 claps #prison-abolition #angela-davis #behaviorism

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Aleksandr A. Fedorov, Russian radical behaviorist.

Aleksandr A. Fedorov is a contemporary Russian psychologist, Associate Professor and Chair of Clinical Psychology at the Institute of…

Nov 28, 2025 · 5 min read · 0 claps #behaviorism #psychology #vygotsky

Aleksandr A. Fedorov, Russian radical behaviorist.

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Don’t atheists feel a religious need?

Some do while others don’t One atheist who did admit to feeling religious needs was the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana. As…

Aug 30, 2025 · 4 min read · 0 claps #george-santayana #atheist #american-philosophy

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Have any Marxist economists won the Nobel Prize in economics?

Well, back in 1975, the Soviet mathematician and economist Leonid Kantorovich shared the Nobel Prize in economics (alongside the American…

Mar 04, 2025 · 3 min read · 0 claps #nobel-prize-in-economics #linear-programming #marxism

Have any Marxist economists won the Nobel Prize in economics?

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What was the opinion of Karl Marx on religion?

Justin Schwartz has already provided on Quora an admirable exposition of Marx’s views on religion here.

Oct 09, 2024 · 3 min read · 0 claps #religion #karl-marx #death-of-god

What was the opinion of Karl Marx on religion?

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Fascism, the Second World War and McCarthyism

From what I wrote on the now defunct LBO-Talk list back in 2018. Should be of interest in light of the contemporary revival of fascism.

Jan 23, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #fascism #mccarthyism #social-democracy

Fascism, the Second World War and McCarthyism

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The Unity of Science movement comes to America, and what happened to it there

Most students of twentieth century philosophy are familiar with the story of the Vienna Circle, that movement of philosophically minded…

Jun 16, 2025 · 3 min read · 0 claps #logical-positivism #american-philosophy #unity-of-science

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What are your thoughts on David Bohm’s work?

The American physicist David Bohm was noted, among other things for his causal or “hidden-variables” interpretation of quantum mechanics…

Oct 12, 2024 · 3 min read · 0 claps #quantum-physics #philosophy-of-science #friedrich-engels

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Evolutionary Biology and Historical Materialism

Many years ago, while reading American Scientist, I chanced upon a review of Ernst Mayr’s book, This is Biology: The Science of the Living…

Oct 26, 2024 · 3 min read · 0 claps #philosophy-of-biology #historical-materialism #marxist-theory

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Economists around a century ago such as John Keynes thought increasing automation would reduce work…

Walter Cronkite in The 21st Century

Nov 10, 2024 · 2 min read · 0 claps #futurism #walter-cronkite #john-maynard-keynes

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A discussion with Alexandr A. Fedorov, Russian radical behaviorist

Recently, I have been engaged in an ongoing discussion by email on how the the theories of Ivan Pavlov, B. F. Skinner, and Lev Vygotsky…

Mar 20, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #behaviorism #vygotsky #pavlov