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5. The Two Branches of the Sciences of Human Action 41
6. The Logical Character of Praxeology 44
7. The Logical Character of History 45
8. The Thymological Method 46
3 NECESSITY AND VOLITION
1. The Infinite 52
2. The Ultimate Given 53
3. Statistics 55
4. Free Will 57
5. Inevitability 59
4 CERTAINTY AND UNCERTAINTY
1. The Problem of Quantitative Definiteness 62
2. Certain Knowledge 63
3. The Uncertainty of the Future 64
4. Quantification and Understanding in Acting and in
History 		66
5. The Precariousness of Forecasting in Human Affairs 66
6. Economic Prediction and the Trend Doctrine 67
7. Decision-Making 69
8. Confirmation and Refutability 69
9. The Examination of Praxeological Theorems 70
5 ON SOME POPULAR ERRORS CONCERNING THE SCOPE AND
METHOD OF ECONOMICS
1. The Research Fable 73
2. The Study of Motives 74
3. Theory and Practice 77
4. The Pitfalls of Hypostatization 78
5. On the Rejection of Methodological Individualism 80
6. The Approach of Macroeconomics 83
7. Reality and Play 87
8. Misinterpretation of the Climate of Opinion 90
9. The Belief in the Omnipotence of Thought 91
10. The Concept of a Perfect System of Government 94
11. The Behavioral Sciences 101

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method. Contributors: Ludwig Von Mises - author. Publisher: Van Nostrand. Place of Publication: Princeton, NJ. Publication Year: 1962. Page Number: x.
    
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