| | "modern quarterly tt gonteivations tw the modern quarterly upon the subject 'of soviet genetics raise a problem which beitsh scietists wll, sooner or inter have to faceaamely, to what extent can marxism be applied to the solution of problems of sentise research. in britain the 'application of marxism in the fd of economies and polities is wel known, bat its application inthe seld of siete exearh may be raid to have hardly yet commenced. this is not surprising in ew of the strong empirial tendency manifest in british slontiie work since the time of becon, and which was erticsed by engels many years ag, slay british scientists who are more of les in agreement with the principles of marxism sill hesitate to apply it in the field of science in which they fre intersted. they sil retain the old empirical method of approaeh hich is well expressed by me. it g. davie as follow \"ie a new experience conforms to the past ones on which our 'generalisation is based, then so much the bette; the generalisation becomes mare probable and constitutes more effective implement {in suggeatingftesh hypotheses for whove verifeation further exper: cence is equaed, if a uew experience fais to conform to oi {sation then (assuming we are not rubject to an illusion) go much the 'worse forthe generaiation.\" {in my opiion this assertion of the primacy of empirical experience is incorrect since it regards the experience as isolated from the material 'conditions which gave it birth. it ali, in my view, may not take subicient 'count of the relationship existing between the experience and nature 'as single whole if, however, marxism i correct adjusted to rcentific [practice and ot subordinated to the role of a \"useful plement in 'upgestng fresh hypotheses,\" the planning of an organisation of ecientifc 'esearch in this country may be raised to & higher level of ellen than, {i posible under the existing empirical method of prosedur. although {tn objective opinion about the. genetial controversy in the soviet 'sion is dial to obtain, since soviet sclentife work of major impart= 'ance is difcat to obtain in tis country, and tranalations are often prepared by people with little knowledge ether of marsiem or science, yet it does emphasise the very great eare which will be required fr the 'cessful application of marsst theory to scent praction a more 'thorough marxist education of the scientist and the emergence of succesful application of marxist theory to slentie practice avant increase in the marcist education of the sclentst and the emergence of sanew type oflender of sientic research able to apply a correct mabxiat interpretation to selenite phenomena are obvious requisites in this _ 'with regard to the general controversy of mendelom versus lamarck ism, a marxist should not dispute the hereditary theories based on 8 discussion in rn pel len ein es a ah ae rer oricriesincnetc tay setae ou pree ent eae fem sree eo ten tee sien dora en cma bepiyclamstt age ect pomst gates! stein sat at pe ttn ance she oe asta laura she ose sar resi ae sen ecg tag ag ees fgets ts aid st a ie rey sten ce tae ee ic surnan gran eaiat fe ge rere sa iy i ns pe er ta estat voce fee rote ny iaetta wacked i eg i re hae ergen ce pais ieee emecnge esd fo hoes reir tay tno _ hasoww n. taos, toe wil be pled tee contig ios dion ering we ih ive appar sto flength ares ae wee bes be ped to ree arte om pial oon, epic ste and itrry coco, sto st pbsopby. all atl elites rte shu be edd ty the bator, de john ew 40 gachent pek, feb, london 9"
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