I find it ironic that Popper contrasted marxists' allegedly necessary dogmatic attitudes with those of Einstein, who was himself somewhat sympatetical to Marx and socialism -cfr. the "Why Socialism?" article on the first issue of the Monthly Review.
Read it some years ago. I understand your point, but to say that he was sympathetic is an exaggeration. Plainly, he thought that Marx was "onto something" while on the other hand retaining -and in many instances legitimately so- is strong aversion to all sorts of vulgar marxism and many flaws of conventional marxist accounts in general. He never solved this double attitude. Much of his opposition was, imho, a matter of intellectual cold war.
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Excellent point.
Popper, like many intellectuals of the time, was sympathetic to Marxism as well. Read Myth of the Framework.
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Where does Popper claim marxism is necessarily dogmatic?
I find it ironic that Popper contrasted marxists' allegedly necessary dogmatic attitudes with those of Einstein, who was himself somewhat sympatetical to Marx and socialism -cfr. the "Why Socialism?" article on the first issue of the Monthly Review.
Read it some years ago. I understand your point, but to say that he was sympathetic is an exaggeration. Plainly, he thought that Marx was "onto something" while on the other hand retaining -and in many instances legitimately so- is strong aversion to all sorts of vulgar marxism and many flaws of conventional marxist accounts in general. He never solved this double attitude. Much of his opposition was, imho, a matter of intellectual cold war.