Praxeology - Episode 4 - The Prerequisites of Action

In this lesson, I lay out the logically necessary requirements for any human action.

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• prerequisites
• choice
• uneasiness

[stauguastine]

Thanks for these videos, they are truly helpful to me as I work on some of my own applications of praxeology in addressing alcohol abuse. The state of uneasiness that one feels is applicable to the dependent codependent relationship of alcoholism. That is, if the codependent removes the uneasiness, consequence, of the dependent drinker, then he or she will not act to change the behavior. However, there are many clinicians who need to learn this valuable lesson.

[praxgirl]

@stauguastine wow thanks for that :)

[prashnrao]

@NNoPsych I'm not a doctor. If you have a problem with it, you'd be better find a doctor close by.

[jeffiek]

@dantean Ans: A daft troll

[dantean]

@jeffiek Look up the meaning of "=" if you like, but I think you'll find that it means that two things are the same. Hence, if I say that NOT x (whether acting or choosing) is the same as or equal to x, then to label "a" an instance of acting (or choosing) is the same as calling it an instance of NOT acting (or chosing). I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed this (I really can't) and want to wish u luck in your job down at the bowling alley. I support you in all your future endeavors.

[jeffiek]

@dantean That tears it. Are you daft or a troll?

Do you understand the difference between ACTING and CHOOSING?

Yes - choosing = not choosing -- IS madness. And YOU are the only person I have ever seen write such gibberish.

[dantean]

@jeffiek I think we're back to my original problem with there is not being such a thing as NOT choosing. Because if NOT choosing = choosing, there needs to be a reason why we've made everything choosing. Why not make everything NOT choosing? They're the same, right?! Deciding to make everything one and not the other appears arbitrary to me, not mathematical, apodeictically (did I spell that correctly?) necessary, or inescapable. Choosing cannot equal NOT choosing--it's madness.

[jeffiek]

@dantean "We often don't act despite being aware of choices,"

Have it your way if you must, but first re-read what I wrote.

NOT acting (when action is possible), IS a choice.

[dantean]

@jeffiek I'm not 2 moved by the notion that being "aware that choices are available and aware that one must be made" suffices to explain acting. We often don't act despite being aware of choices, while action often is undertaken despite not being required (Warren Buffett's 56th billion dollar). I love Ludwig Von Mises' "Human Action" aesthetically tho I find it surprisingly easy 2 dismantle as a work of air-tight logic. It seems to make conservatives happy tho...the way Marx does 4 many lefties.

[jeffiek]

@dantean Yes, the interpretation of "unease" is very loose. I prefer "aware that choices are available, and that one must be made" a more precise albeit long and awkward phrase.

For example: Upon hearing "Do you want cream cheese on your bagel?", the customer is now in a state of unease ( as I understand praxeological terms ). Not exactly your everyday use of the word, but I can deal with it.

[ohedd]

So this is PaulGirl? Much better than ObamaGirl..

[dantean]

Does not the first premise--that action aims at addressing an uneasiness--require I believe that Warren Buffett made his 56 billionth dollar because he was uneasy with merely having 55? One certainly can say this must be the case, though only by very, very loosely interpreting the word "unease."

[cbl2988]

@ac3raven It doesn't work in the sense that the boycott would be effective, it works in the sense that it would ease the state that you were in. The fact that you chose to boycott directly follows from your state of not liking a product, imagining what would help your uneasiness (boycotting the product), and acting on that on the basis of a belief that the action would help your uneasy state. The product doesn't go away, but your action helps cure the uneasiness you feel.