Replying to Avatar freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg

It is! Sadly the greater context is not one I can appreciate, coming from a biblical worldview. He gets so many things right, and has so many worthy sensibilities, but his foundation is "sinking sand." I haven't read his "epistemological problems" yet, but I've always wanted to apply some Van Til to Mises and see what happens.
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vinney...axkl 8mo ago

What would reading Mises be like for you if you didn't "come from a biblical worldview"?

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freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg 8mo ago

I'm not sure...I would have no North Star, no 'measuring stick' against which to test things--knowing that I myself am infinite and fallible. I don't mean to be trite or spin platitudes, but it's something quite like what C. S. Lewis said: "I don't believe in the sun because I can see it, but because by it I can see everything else." I really don't know the answer to that question otherwise, but I appreciate you asking it.

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vinney...axkl 8mo ago

I understand what you mean. the followup question is the important one: what's better, having an incorrect measuring stick that gets everything slightly wrong (like the Dollar..?) or having no measuring stick (and maybe finding a better one, now that you're looking) and simply observing what is?