<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The concept of Intentional Action is at the core of Praxeology, as developed by the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises. Under this unique approach, defined as the science of human action and designed to study the field of the social sciences, Mises create “action axiom”: the contention that every acting man more satisfactory state of affairs for a Austrian scholar is able to derive the fundament human action; such as value, scale of value, scarcity, abundance, profit, loss, uncertainty and causality, among others. This paper intends to present the praxeological perspective on intentional action and its epistemologic implications; it also attempts to answer objections to this thesis.</p></abstract>

The concept of Intentional Action is at the core of Praxeology, as developed by the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises. Under this unique approach, defined as the science of human action and designed to study the field of the social sciences, Mises create “action axiom”: the contention that every acting man more satisfactory state of affairs for a Austrian scholar is able to derive the fundament human action; such as value, scale of value, scarcity, abundance, profit, loss, uncertainty and causality, among others. This paper intends to present the praxeological perspective on intentional action and its epistemologic implications; it also attempts to answer objections to this thesis.

A Praxeological Approach to Intentional Action

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The concept of Intentional Action is at the core of Praxeology, as developed by the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises. Under this unique approach, defined as...

A Praxeological Approach to Intentional Action

Publicado en línea: 01 nov 2017

Páginas: 10 - 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sh-2017-0024

Palabras clave
Mises, action, praxeology, logic, Austrian economics

© 2017 Alan G. Futerman et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A Praxeological Approach to Intentional Action

Publicado en línea: 01 nov 2017

Páginas: 10 - 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sh-2017-0024

Palabras claveMises, action, praxeology, logic, Austrian economics

© 2017 Alan G. Futerman et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Mises, action, praxeology, logic, Austrian economics