Philosophy & mkts are related: Jordan Kotick

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Socrates was famous for saying "I never teach anyone anything, I only make them think".

 

Do Marx and markets have anything in common, should a philosopher understand or even care about price fluctuations. According to Jordan Kotick they certainly should because movements in life or in markets follow consistent, recognizable and yes, even forecastable patterns.

 

Jordan Kotick believes philosophy and markets are quite related. He thinks the discipline of philosophy is about abstract reasoning and it is about informal logic. It's about probability versus certainty. Kotick spoke in an exclusive interview with Ramesh Damani :

  

Excerpts from CNBC-TV18's exclusive interview with Jordan Kotick:

 

Q: As a student you were interested in philosophy. How do you mix Marx and markets?

 

A: I learnt at a young age that philosophy and markets are quite related. I think the discipline of philosophy is about abstract reasoning and it is about informal logic. It's about probability versus certainty. In