Theory and History

Like Hayek, Mises moved beyond economics in his later years to address questions regarding the foundation of all social science. But unlike Hayek's attempts, Mises's writings on these matters have received less attention than they deserve. Theory and History, writes Rothbard in his introduction, "remains by far the most neglected masterwork of Mises.Here Mises defends his all-important idea of methodological dualism: one approach to the hard sciences and another for the social sciences. He defends the epistemological status of economic proposition. He has his most extended analysis of those who want to claim that there is more than one logical structure by which we think about reality. He grapples with the problem of determinism and free will. And presents philosophy of history and historical research. Overall, this is a tremendously lucid defense of the fundamental Misesian approach to social philosophy.Autor: Ludwig von MisesAño: 2007Encuadernación: tapa duraPáginas: 384Idioma: InglésEditorial: Ludwig von Mises InstituteCONTENIDOThis volume includes:Preface by Murray N. RothbardIntroduction1. Methodological Dualism2. Economics and Metaphysics3. Regularity and Prediction4. The Concept of the Laws of Nature5. The Limitations of Human Knowledge6. Regularity and Choosing7. Means and EndsPart One: ValueChapter 1. Judgements of Value1. Judgments of Value and Propositions of Existence2. Valuation and Action3. The Subjectivity of Valuation4. The Logical and Syntactical Structure of Judgments of ValueChapter 2. Knowledge and Value1. The Bias Doctrine2. Common Weal versus Special Interests3. Economics and Value4. Bias and IntoleranceChapter 3. The Quest for Absolute Values1. The Issue2. Conflicts with Society3. A Remark on the Alleged Medieval Unanimity4. The Idea of Natural Law5. Revelation6. Atheistic Intuition7. The Idea of Justice8. The Utilitarian Doctrine Restated9. On Aesthetic Values10. The Historical Significance of the Quest for Absolute ValuesChapter 4. The Negation of ValuationPart Two: Determinism and MaterialismChapter 5. Determinism and Its Critics1. Determinism2. The Negation of Ideological Factors3. The Free-Will Controversy4. Foreordination and Fatalism5. Determinism and Penology6. Determinism and Statistics7. The Autonomy of the Sciences of Human ActionChapter 6. Materialism1. Two Varieties of Materialism2. The Secretion Analogy3. The Political Implications of MaterialismChapter 7. Dialectical Materialism1. Dialectics and Marxism2. The Material Productive Forces3. The Class Struggle4. The Ideological Impregnation of Thought5. The Conflict of Ideologies6. Ideas and Interests7. The Class Interests of the Bourgeosie8. The Critics of Marxism9. Marxian Materialism and SocialismChapter 8. Philosophy of History1. The Theme of History2. The Theme of the Philosophy of History3. The Difference between the Point of View of History and That of Philosophy of History4. Philosophy of History and the Idea of God5. Activistic Determinism and Fatalistic DeterminismPart Three: Epistemological Problems of HistoryChapter 9. The Concept of Historical Individuality1. The Ultimate Given of History2. The Role of the Individual in History3. The Chimera of the Group Mind4. Planning HistoryChapter 10. Historicism1. The Meaning of Historicism2. The Rejection of Economics3. The Quest for Laws of Historical Change4. Historicist Relativism5. Dissolving History6. Undoing History7. Undoing Economic HistoryChapter 11. The Challenge of Scientism1. Positivism and Behaviorism2. The Collectivist Dogma3. The Concept of the Social Sciences4. The Nature of Mass PhenomenaChapter 12. Psychology and Thymology1. Naturalistic Psychology and Thymology2. Thymology and Praxeology3. Thymology as a Historical Discipline4. History and Fiction5. Rationalization6. IntrospectionChapter 13. Meaning and Use of the Study of History1. The Why of History2. The Historical Situation3. History of the Remote Past4. Falsifying History5. History and Humanism6. History and the Rise of Aggressive Nationalism7. History and Judgements of ValueChapter 14. The Epistemological Features of History1. Prediction in the Natural Sciences2. History and Prediction3. The Specific Understanding of History4. Thymological Experience5. Real Types and Idea TypesPart Four: The Course of HistoryChapter 15. Philosophical Interpretations of History1. Philosophies of History and Philosophical Interpretations of History2. Environmentalism3. The Egalitarians' Interpretation of History4. The Racial Interpretation of History5. The Secularism of Western Civilization6. The Rejection of Capitalism by AntisecularismChapter 16. Present-Day Trends and the Future1. The Reversal of the Trend toward Freedom2. The Rise of the Ideology of Equality in Wealth and Income3. The Chimera of a Perfect State of Mankind4. The Alleged Unbroken Trend toward Progress5. The Suppression of "Economic" Freedom6. The Uncertainty of the Future