On the Question of Identity Between Erroneous Thinking and Existence

The question of whether there is identity between erroneous thinking and existence is attributable to the question of whether there is identity between thought and existence. (1) As has been pointed out, denial of the identity between erroneous thinking and existence leads to negation of the identity between thought and existence and also to recognition of the identity between partial thinking (correct thinking) and existence. Some comrades recognize the identity between thought and existence, on the one hand, and deny the identity between erroneous thinking and existence, on the other. This is contradictory. The question of whether there is identity between erroneous thinking and existence is in fact the question of whether the law of the unity of opposites can be applied to the relationship between thought and existence, between correct thinking and existence, and between erroneous thinking and existence. This is also the question of whether we have to stick to the Marxist theory of reflection, that is,...