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  1. Cf. C. G. Hempel, Philosophy of Natural Science, Englewood Cliffs, 1966, p. 51.

  2. Ibid., p. 54.

  3. Ibid.

  4. After a Polish translation from Russian of a handbook of physics by S. Frish and A. Timoreva.

  5. L. Nowak, U metodologicznych podstaw “Kapitału” Karola Marksa [The Foundations of Karl Marx's Methodology], Warszawa, 1971, chap. II.

  6. A more detailed explanation is to be found in the study of L. Nowak, op. cit.

  7. The author is indebted to J. Kmita for the suggestion that this condition should be included.

  8. The term “domain” is used here as in the theory of models; hence reference is made to a system « U; R 1, ..., R k », where U stands for any set, and R 1, ..., R k are designated relations defined on U.

  9. See L. Nowak, op. cit., chap. IV.

  10. C. G. Hempel, Problems of Concept and Theory Formation in Social Science, in Science, Language and Human Rights, Philadelphia, 1952, p. 80.

  11. Ibid., p. 81.

  12. This argumentation has been suggested by J. Kmita.

  13. C. G. Hempel, op. cit., p. 81.

  14. K. Marx, Preface to a Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, in K. Marx, F. Engels, Selected Works, Vol. I, Moscow, 1951, p. 330.

  15. See L. Nowak, op. cit.

  16. K. Marx, The Capital, Moscow. Based on the English-language version of 1887, with corrections added in 1890, edited by F. Engels. Vol. I, sect. IV, {ie318-1} 1.

  17. K. Marx, The Capital, cit., Vol. III, p. 192.

  18. Ibid., pp. 192–193.

  19. The rate of surplus value is the quotient of surplus value (the surplus of the value produced by worker as compared with the value of his man-power) by variable capital (wages). Ibid., p. 131.

  20. K. Mark. Letter to F. Engels of April 2, 1858, in K. Marx, F. Engels, Briefe über “Das Kapital”, Berlin, 1954, p. 88.

  21. Reference is made to the quotient of constant capital (outlays on the means of labor) by variable capital.

  22. K. Marx, Capital, cit., Vol. III, p. 741.

  23. Ibid., p. 265.

  24. Ibid., p. 60.

  25. Ibid., p. 186.

  26. Ibid., p. 38.

  27. L. Nowak, op. cit., chap. II.

  28. K. Marx, The Capital, Vol. III, p. 175.

  29. Ibid.

  30. Ibid.

  31. Ibid.

  32. Cf. Z. Czerwiński, Wstep do ekonometrii [Introduction to Econometrics], Poznań, 1967, p. 143.

  33. K. Marx, The Capital, cit., Vol. III, p. 177.

  34. Ibid., p. 178.

  35. Ibid., p. 176.

  36. Ibid., pp. 140–141.

  37. Ibid., p. 26.

  38. Ibid., p. 163.

  39. Ibid., p. 265.

  40. Ibid., p. 281.

  41. This symbol stands here for average profit, proportional to the amount of capital, and hence corresponds to the earlier symbol kp′, where p′ stands for the general (average) rate of profit.

  42. K. Marx, The Capital, cit., Vol. III, pp. 280–281.

  43. Ibid., pp. 741–742.

  44. Ibid., p. 746.

  45. L. Nowak, op. cit., chap. VIII.

  46. The author is indebted to J. Kmita for the basic idea of this interpretation of concretization.

  47. L. Novak, op. cit., chap. X.

  48. K. Marx, The Capital, cit., Vol. III, p. 846.

  49. K. Marx, Letter to Kugelmann of July 11, 1868, in K. Marx, F. Engels, Briefe über “Das Kapital”, cit., p. 185.

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Nowak, L. The problem of explanation in Karl Marx's “capital”. Qual Quant 5, 311–337 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00218986

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