Menger and the continental epistemology of uncertainty

Solari, Stefano

doi:10.1080/09672567.2022.2113418

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“…The anti-perfectionist epistemic perspective based on knowledge-producing, in conjunction with the social nature of man, has characterised most of continental European liberalism (Solari 2022). In particular, Austrian economics, initiated , Phenomenology and intersubjectivity in political economy: an anti-perfectionist perspective, The Journal of Philosophical Economics: Reflections on Economic and Social Issues, XVII (Annual issue), 193-225 Moreover, Menger's interpretation of institutions has deep similarities with those proposed by Vico (Solari 2022). Interestingly, Menger stalled the second edition of his Grundsätze (never finishing it) because he was looking for a cognitive foundation to economic choice in psychology, but he was never fully happy with what he could find (Campagnolo 2011).…”

Section: Schütz On Economic Choices and Ideal-types Of Interactionmentioning

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“…Lavoie highlighted three cognitive functions of markets: computation, incentive, and discovery (Lavoie 1990c, p. 72). The discovery aspect is typically Austrian, although this function can be traced back to Vico (Solari 2022). The market is seen by Lavoie as a dialogical learning process, which goes beyond the entrepreneurial function of Joseph Schumpeter.…”

Section: Schütz On Economic Choices and Ideal-types Of Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Phenomenology and intersubjectivity in political economy: an anti-perfectionist perspective

Solari

2024

Journal of Philosophical Economics

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Anti-perfectionism is a philosophical perspective combining the view of man as an imperfect and non-self-sufficient being with a scientific epistemology based on imperfect knowledge. From an epistemological perspective, it has roots in Socrates and, more recently, in the post-empiricism of Giambattista Vico, up to phenomenology. From an anthropological perspective, it is a philosophical tradition based on an awareness of the constitutive dependency of individual performance and fulfilment of man on his interaction with others. It is conceived in opposition to the individualism and perfect rationality of most social theories. The paper analyses both the philosophical and the epistemological premises of anti-perfectionism as well as its consequences in terms of economic methodology. It will specifically develop the momentary intersection of phenomenology and Austrian economics. The theory of knowledge and of sense-making of phenomenology will be discussed with particular attention to intersubjectivity, which expresses anti-perfectionism well. The interpretations of human knowledge and action of Scheler and Schütz are analysed and connected to some contemporary streams of Austrian economics.

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Section: Schütz On Economic Choices and Ideal-types Of Interactionmentioning

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Phenomenology and intersubjectivity in political economy: an anti-perfectionist perspective

Solari

2024

Journal of Philosophical Economics

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Non-Aristotelian Elements in Carl Menger's Methodology

Slenzok,

Turowski

2024

History of Political Economy

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According to the dominant interpretation, Carl Menger, the founder of the Austrian school, was an Aristotelian methodologist of social science. As this article attempts to demonstrate, this influence was not decisive in shaping Menger's methodology. In fact, Menger shared several core positions with modern thinkers. Such non-Aristotelian threads in Menger tackled in the article encompass his views on essentialism and realism, a priori knowledge, the classification of sciences, and scientific value-freedom, as well as methods of historical inquiry. As is shown, while unattachable to any specific philosophical school, those five elements constitute a fairly consistent, non-Aristotelian account of economic methodology.

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Menger and the continental epistemology of uncertainty

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Phenomenology and intersubjectivity in political economy: an anti-perfectionist perspective

Phenomenology and intersubjectivity in political economy: an anti-perfectionist perspective

Non-Aristotelian Elements in Carl Menger's Methodology

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