Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Barkley Rosser, J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Related Collections
Right arrow B00 - General
Right arrow B14 - Socialist; Marxist
Right arrow B24 - Socialist; Marxist
Right arrow B49 - Other
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Cambridge Journal of Economics 24:311-324 (2000)
Copyright © 2000 Cambridge Political Economy Society

Article

Aspects of dialectics and non-linear dynamics

J Barkley Rosser, Jr

Department of Economies, MSC 0204, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
E-mail: rosserjb@imu.edu

Abstract

Three principles of dialectical analysis are examined in terms of non-linear dynamics models. The three principles are the transformation of quantity into quality, the interpenetration of opposites, and the negation of the negation. The first two of these especially are interpreted within the frameworks of catastrophe, chaos and emergent dynamics complexity theoretic models, with the concept of bifurcation playing a central role. Problems with this viewpoint are also discussed.

Key Words: Dialectics • Non-linearity • Catastrophe • Chaos • Complexity


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Review of Radical Political EconomicsHome page
J. B. Rosser Jr.
Book Review: Keynes, Post-Keynesianism and Political Economy: Essays in Honour of Geoff Harcourt, Volume 3
Review of Radical Political Economics, March 1, 2005; 37(1): 103 - 109.
[PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.