Praxeology and Sociology

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codyed Posted: Tue, Mar 24 2009 1:20 AM

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For a while now my mind has been wondering into the delicate but dangerous field of social theory. But like with most complaints leveled against mainstream economics by Austrian economists, sociology is such a wide and expansive field, and what it aims to cover--the study of groups, whether small, interpersonal groups or groups as large as "society"--makes it inherently difficult to study from a positivist standpoint.

Austrian economists have found a way around the experimental conundrum by taking well established, broadly empirical claims about human beings and deducing various economic theories from those claims. This is praxeology in a nutshell.

Has there been much headway in applying praxeology to the field of sociology?

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hayekianxyz replied on Tue, Mar 24 2009 5:44 AM

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codyed:

Has there been much headway in applying praxeology to the field of sociology?

Yes, Hans-Hermann Hoppe's Democracy: The God that Failed, I do agree though that more work needs to be done in this area.