Regarding John M.'s recent post. Is it speculative (practical) reasoning   
or speculative (practical) science? I don't follow your use of terms. In   
any case, in my view, Mises's epistemology does not fit into any of the   
categories you mention. Perhaps there is a philosophy into which Mises's   
praxeology fits. I don't know. But it does not fit into these.  
  
You are wrong to say that I offer no substitute understanding. I have   
indeed made the offer. But I demand, before I spend time on this, that   
you accept at least provisionally Mises definition of economics. It is   
you, not I, who is failing to cooperate in this endeavor. Mises claimed   
that his definition is the one that has been traditionally used in this   
field. So I don't see the problem on an HES list with this definition.   
What do you have against the definition of economics as the study of   
economic interaction?  
  
  
Pat Gunning