Leftist Reading: The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-Leninism Part 8

Episode 143:This week we’re continuing with:The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-LeninismWritten for the Vietnamese curriculum and translated by Luna NguyenYou can purchase a copy and support translation of the further curriculum here:https://www.banyanhouse.org/product/ebook-the-worldview-and-philosophical-methodology-of-marxism-leninism[Part 1 - 5]Introduction to the Basic Principles of Marxism[Part 6 - 7]Part I: The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-LeninismChapter 1: Dialectical Materialism I. Materialism and Dialectical Materialism II. Dialectical Materialist Opinions About Matter, Consciousness, and the Relationship Between Matter and Consciousness 1. Matter[Part 8 - This Week]Chapter 1: Dialectical Materialism II. Dialectical Materialist Opinions About Matter, Consciousness, and the Relationship Between Matter and Consciousness 2. Consciousness - 0:31 a. The Source of Consciousness - 0:34Annotation 67: 0:45 - 1:23 -Natural Source of Consciousness - 1:24Annotation 68: 3:34 - 5:43Annotation 69: 6:22 - 8:55Annotation 70: 10:05 - 10:41Annotation 71: 10:52 - 11:41Annotation 72: 12:18 - 37:19 Lenin's Proof of the Theory of Reflection - 26:59 -Social Sources of Consciousness - 37:20Annotation 73: 37:46 - 39:42Annotation 74: 39:53 - 40:08Annotation 75: 41:01 - 45:38Annotation 76: 46:30 - 48:17[Part 9 - 11?]Part I: The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-LeninismChapter 1: Dialectical Materialism[Part 12 - 25?]Chapter 2: Materialist Dialectics[Part 26 - 30?]Chapter 3: Cognitive Theory of Dialectical MaterialismFigures:Figure 1 - 2:56Consciousness exists as a dynamic set of relationships between the external material world, human sense perception, and the functions of the human brain.Figure 2 - 5:09This chart outlines the basic development tendency of Forms of Reflection in matter which lead from inorganic matter, to life, to human consciousness and society. Figure 3 - 6:41Physical Reflection: Change in PositionFigure 4 - 7:17Physical Reflection: Change in StructureFigure 5 - 7:46Chemical Reflection: Single ReplacementFigure 6 - 46:07This diagram is based on work from an article titled “Evidence in Hand: Recent Discoveries and the Early Evolution of Human Manual Manipulation.”[footnote 15] Modern research has discovered strong evidence [footnote 16] that the human hand evolved along with tool use, in line with Engels’ analysis in Dialectics of Nature.Figure 7 - 48:00Human language and human labor mutually develop one another through a dialectical process to develop human nature. Simultaneously, human nature and human society mutually develop one another through a dialectical process. Footnotes:14) 16:36Source: “Food for Thought: Was Cooking a Pivotal Step in Human Evolution?” by Alexandra Rosati, Scientific American, February 26, 2018.15) 46:17Written by Professor Tracy L. Kivell and published in The Royal Society.16) 46:22Stone Tools Helped Shape Human Hands by Sara Reardon, published in New Scientist Magazine.