The Science of Human Action | Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Archived from the live Mises.tv broadcast, Hans-Hermann Hoppe presents the opening lecture of the 2011 Mises University. Includes an introduction by Mark Thornton.

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[NeoLockeanLunatic]

Mises was indeed ze man!

[dhebert111]

I`m not an acedemic. Is this the type of economic philosophy Ron Paul is perscribing?

[NamekianPrince]

@AllOtherNamesTaken2 Empiricists emphasize testing hypotheses in their search for truth. However in economics and human life no events are ever repeatable because we live in a three-dimensional world traveling forward through space-time. Therefore, anything that happens can never be exactly repeated. Empirical science procedures work for inanimate objects because they share the same exact properties and they can manipulate single variables which is impossible in the study of human behavior

[NamekianPrince]

@AllOtherNamesTaken2 He states very clearly in the video that almost all knowledge is gained through the senses. However, some knowledge must have to be formed without the use of sense, and although the amount of knowledge gained through introspection alone is tiny, it still exists. Because no event in history is repeatable economics can't be empirical because if it were that would mean that for any hypotheses to be accepted after an experiment it must be repeatable which is impossible.

[lovelplants]

ayusa oi.. magscientist nalang ko ani..

[FreeThinkism]

@AllOtherNamesTaken2 That is not what he is arguing at all. But nice try.

[AllOtherNamesTaken2]

I don't think any empiricist has ever said that you can't extrapolate knowledge of a thing that can't be directly perceived, just so long as perception is the starting point. Otherwise scientists wouldn't be able to talk about gravity.

I'm not even going to watch the rest of the video. This guy is arguing against a straw man.

All physical scientists are empiricists by definition. You got a lot of work ahead of you proving that science is wrong, and this guy isn't even on the right track.

[AllOtherNamesTaken2]

Philosophy != science

All philosophy requires an arbitrary starting point. Having an unjustifiable premise as the base of empiricism is no more a point against empiricism than it is against rationalism.

Knowledge is gained through introspection? Is he saying that I could gain knowledge of green trees through introspection without ever having seen a green tree?

[Conza88]

@mjhonsun - Wrong. Do your research.

[mjhonsun]

@dhebert111 Ron Paul, like Hoppe, promotes Austrian economics but he is not an "anarchist" or a proponent of a private law society. He is more of a libertarian in the classical liberal sense, which is to say much like the conservative "Old Right" Republicans. He often describes himself as a Constitutionalist, upholding a strict, constructionist interpretation of the Constitution.

[senselessbattery]

While "Kan't" is appropriate pronunciation I like Hoppe's pronunciation too: "Kunt"!

[truevoice08]

@JohnRater A man of his cultural background is probably predisposed against personal associating with homosexuals, but using homosexuals as an example to elaborate on the concept of time preference does not make one a homophobe.