It isnt. It isn’t widely considered a great book. Through at least Chapter 15 it is a work of pseudoscientific philosophy, and from 15 onward is adequate. Mises’ reputation like …
nowing is an experience. Constructing an existence, logical, or mathematical, proof is an action. We can demonstrate them. That is not to say that they are true, it is to …
oincaré rejected the later foundational work of Cantor, saying that —“There is no actual infinity, the Cantorians have forgotten that, and they have fallen into contradiction. It is true that …
oincaré rejected the later foundational work of Cantor, saying that —“There is no actual infinity, the Cantorians have forgotten that, and they have fallen into contradiction. It is true that …
re Criticism and Critique nothing but justifications for people who cannot invent? Isn’t that what the record of history tells us? interesting… Damn. Yes. That’s the answer: Control. Power. Without …
f one had to be insured to issue public speech (sort of like homeowners insurance – everyone had it) then we would rapidly evolve classes in making public speech, which …
ith private property rights, universal standing, the common (polycentric) law, shareholder dividends (what we think of as direct redistribution, but is constructed as a dividend), what policy is there for …
ell, I guess I’m not done. Macdonald and Duchesne explain what happened, who did it, and how they did it, even why they did it. But neither of them explain …
he reason you are conquered is that you are weak enough to be. Why are you weak enough to be conquered? Fix what is wrong with your civilization, rather than …
ow, let us say in scenario (a) you observe a traffic accident. In scenario (b) you are standing outside of a building and hear noises inside. In scenario (c) you …
isesian / Rothbardian / Hoppeian attempt to capture the credibility of classical liberal Austrianism by means of Cosmopolitan critique. Instead, it was just another pseudoscientific attack on western civilization. Just …
isesian / Rothbardian / Hoppeian attempt to capture the credibility of classical liberal Austrianism by means of Cosmopolitan critique. Instead, it was just another pseudoscientific attack on western civilization. Just …
(the central argument)( profound) he central argument regarding truth: 1) … is that giving witness to one’s observations, is testable by reproduction of a set of operational definitions. That operational …
—“if you produce an operational definition then you can be shown to have spoken truthfully, (given witness) even if the truth content of your theory cannot be determined to be …
he problem with specialization in any set of ideas is that if we construct our self-esteem, our status, or our income upon that edifice, we defend it as dogma, in …