Apriorism and Positivism in the Social Sciences

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Further reading:

Economic Controversies by Murray N. Rothbard (Chapters 1-7)

Realism and Abstraction in Economics: Aristotle and Mises versus Friedman by Roderick T. Long

Is Research Based on Causal Scientific Principles Possible in the Social Sciences? by Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Chapter 10 in The Economics and Ethics of Private Property)

Economic Science and the Austrian Method by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Epistemological Problems of Economics by Ludwig von Mises

The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science by Ludwig von Mises

The Philosophical Origins of Austrian Economics by David Gordon


Austrian Economics and Austrian Philosophy by Barry Smith

Aristotle, Menger, Mises: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Economics by Barry Smith

On the Austrianness of Austrian Economics by Barry Smith

The Question of Apriorism by Barry Smith

Aristotelianism, Apriorism, Essentialism by Barry Smith

In Defense of Extreme (Fallibilistic) Apriorism by Barry Smith


Rothbard’s Account of the Axiom of Human Action: A Neo-Aristotelian-Thomistic Defense by Douglas B. Rasmussen