'And so it went, back and forth. Charges of 'crawling empiricism' were met with countercharges of 'Hegelian scholasticism.' Attacks against 'positivism' brought counterattacks against 'idealism'. Timiriazev called Deborin the 'liquidator of the natural sciences.' Deborin accused Timiriazev of 'khvostism' (tailism).' #Sheehan #philosophy
Mechanists vs. Dialecticians, 'The contrast was drawn in the sharpest possible terms: a priori philosophy or experimental science. The mechanists chose experimental science.' #Sheehan
'Others centered their critique on [Bukharin's] emphasis on determinism, as encouraging social passivity and as undercutting the revolutionary will to act.' #Sheehan