The Mengers versus Mises on matters methodological

Scott Scheall

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2022, vol. 29, issue 5, 938-966

Abstract: The paper argues for three points. The first purpose of the paper is to show that Carl Menger would have rejected Ludwig von Mises’ methodological apriorism. Second, I argue that Carl Menger was a pluralist about the methods of theoretical economics and that Mises was rather less of a pluralist, if not altogether a monist, about the legitimate method(s) of economic theorising. Finally, I try to establish the broad consistency of Menger’s pluralism with the tolerant methodological attitude of his son, the mathematician, logician, and philosopher of science, Karl Menger.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2022.2123529

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