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Really interesting read! Great way of bringing these ideas together and exploring this way of thinking. From a praxeology perspective, it’s worth noting that it doesn’t address why people act, only that they act purposefully to achieve chosen ends.

As Mises warned, once you start asking why a person wants something, you’ve already stepped into the domain of psychology.

Building on your idea, I find it useful to think of “zoology” as potentially split into two layers: subconscious/animalistic behavior versus conscious/spiritual guidance. In that sense, praxeology can still guide us and help us understand action, but once consciousness moves into increasingly higher spiritual states, even a universal, deductive analysis may no longer reliably apply, and its framework may no longer be needed.

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Niko 📚 Konsensus Network 2mo ago

Exactly! This is why I wanted to expand, not replace praxeology. I am a long standing student of Mises and Rothbars in praxeological tradition and have nothing but respect for them. I just one day thought about Keynes and animal spirits and took a cold hard look at the world and thought, that guy was onto something. He just used it to justify some evil monetary witchcraft. Thanks for the comment.

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