In his lecture "Economics and Its Ethical Assumptions," Roderick Long proposes the idea of "constitutive means," as an alternate to "instrumental means."
https://www.mises.org/story/2103
After giving a brief description of constitutive means, Long concludes:
"So then the question is: well, can we deliberate about constitutive means? How do we determine whether something is a constitutive means to an end?"
This seems to foreshadow or refer to an elaboration of the concept of constitutive means which would answer the questions Long concludes with.
Can anyone refer me to a work(s) where Long treats this concept at greater length and in more detail?
"It would be preposterous to assert apodictically that science will never succeed in developing a praxeological aprioristic doctrine of political organization..." (Mises, UF, p.98)
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I'd say do that but bear in mind Long rarely answers e-mails. Ask Geoffrey Alan Plauche on here to give you a run down on it, perhaps contacting him by e-mail. He's very clued up on Aristotelian moral philosophy and epistemology.
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If you find out anything from Long or Plauche, I'd be very interested to know their thoughts on this matter. Perhaps you could post it here. Thanks.
Here (starting at "Second Digression") and here (starting on pg. 127) Long discusses the idea of constitutive means in greater depth. I highly recommend both works in their entirety as well.
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I have been looking into that second essay you posted myself after doing some searching for an analysis between Wittgenstein and the Austrian School. Looks to be very interesting.
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Just found this one which looks to be a more complete and concise work:
Anti-Psychologism in Economics: Wittgenstein and Mises
http://praxeology.net/antipsych.pdf
thanks to Laughing Man:
http://mises.org/Community/forums/p/9786/237808.aspx#237808