Using deductive reasoning can you refute praxeology?
If not than...
Again using non-fallacious reasoning and with the foundation of praxeology could the Economic Calculation problem logically be refuted?
I ask because the concept seems extremely simple to me. The arguments alowed should be enough to explode fascialistic policies world wide.
When I read arguments against the austrian school they stumble of semantics or mechanic details without a fundamental understanding of how Austrian's derive their conclusions. Worse, their counter arguments are generally based on obscure statistics which support nothing more then an opinion.
I could give you a statistic today which shows a correlation in the number of ice-cream sales to the number of homicides in New York. Why are statistics taken so seriously and why is logic ignored?
You're forgetting one very simple thing: politics isn't about logic--it's about the sword/gun/whatever weapon makes you happy. IOW: the power to destroy. And no amount of apriori reasoning will convince the subliterate waste that is most politicians to give that up.
Most people have logic skills slightly above a German Shephard.
filc: Using deductive reasoning can you refute praxeology? If not than... Again using non-fallacious reasoning and with the foundation of praxeology could the Economic Calculation problem logically be refuted? I ask because the concept seems extremely simple to me. The arguments alowed should be enough to explode fascialistic policies world wide. When I read arguments against the austrian school they stumble of semantics or mechanic details without a fundamental understanding of how Austrian's derive their conclusions. Worse, their counter arguments are generally based on obscure statistics which support nothing more then an opinion. I could give you a statistic today which shows a correlation in the number of ice-cream sales to the number of homicides in New York. Why are statistics taken so seriously and why is logic ignored?
I think these are excellent questions. I think that it is clear that there a certainly aspects of each that are logically irrefutable, but there are also aspects of each that have been presented in a logically inconsistent manner. That is why it is necessary to participate in self-criticism and to be as rigorous as possible so that when the day comes where Praxeology is being considered as a solution to the many problems that society faces today, it will be ready to solve those problems rather than society having to keep repeating its failures...
Only ideas can overcome ideas...
filc: Using deductive reasoning can you refute praxeology?
What proposition or conjunction of propositions make up "Praxeology" and the "Economic Calculation Problem"?
"I cannot prove, but am prepared to affirm, that if you take care of clarity in reasoning, most good causes will take care of themselves, while some bad ones are taken care of as a matter of course." -Anthony de Jasay