======================= HES POSTING ================= Hayek - as he mentions it in his article "Scientism and the Study of Society" (1942. p. 287. footnote 2) - borrowed the term "compositive" from Menger. Menger used the term in a manuscript note in his personal annotated copy of Schmoller's review of Menger's "Methoden der Socialwissenschaften". Here Menger wrote the word "compositive" above the term "deductive" used by Schmoller - informs Hayek. Can anyone tell me what the German term is Menger uses in that manuscript note? Best wishes, Agnes Miklos Illes ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]