Hey all, This question is in reference to the first chapter which I have just read over again. Mises said that inaction is also action and human action cannot just be referred to the exertion of labour. Then in the second last paragraph of the first chapter he mentioned how a philosphy like buddhi…

The way I interpenetrated it, was that he was taking a shot at all economic philosophies that presuppose a transformation of man. Praxeology only deals with man as they are, not as some transformed being of the future.

Buddhists are people, they follow purposeful action, or at least all those who are alive today, and therefore it wasn’t an insult against them, merely if one did ascend to Nirvana then he would no longer be an acting individual because he would no longer have any wants which impelled him to action, …

Ah, thanks guys, makes sense. He is not dismissing the philosphy that believes in mans transformation, he is merely saying it does not comply with praxeology. Mises is a boss.

I think Mises is not be sarcastic but he is addressing the possibility of a state of nirvana which is the attainment of absolute inaction (cessation of all wants). By definition, it’s not possible because to be alive is to have wants. So attainment of a state of complete absence of wants (absolute i…

That was extremely helpful Clayton, thank you. It is very useful to know the difference between the Buddhist doctrine and Mises science, praxeology. I would like to paraphrase what you said with a metaphor for clarity sake on praxeology. Let’s say a man adobts the religion of hamburger and in his r…

Sorry just trying to wrap my head around this, another example would be…Mises won’t actually say hitler and his ideology was bad or the reason he did it is X. He will merely state that Hitlers theories that were put in practice resulted in X amount of murders and a massive economical crash. Also if…

Yes, praxeology is wertfrei or value-free. It applies a deductive methodology to the social sciences. Inductive methods are also a part of social science but you cannot answer the kinds of questions that praxeology tackles with inductive methods. This is the major disagreement between Austrian and n…

Thanks again Clayton. I am fairly new to all of this but loving it and really appreciate people like you putting in the effort to help out a noob like me. I start my degree in economics soon and will definitely continue my reading on mises.org and the books of Austrian economics to get a more in dep…

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