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Ludwig von Mises: the basis of his Epistemology and an internalist critical proposal

ABSTRACT

The paper’s central argument is that good criticism to von Mises’ epistemology must consider the concepts and world interpretation assuming his own philosophical ground and that we can only try to refute it by showing some inconsistency or weakness in its presumptions. For this task, at beginning we show Mises to layman public, and we explain with detail his epistemological content. ln the end we write about the irrelevance of some critical refutations, and we give examples of good internal criticism.

KEYWORDS:
History of economic thought; Mises; Austrian School; praxeology

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