HES: RE: QUERY--Economics vs. Political Economy

[Alan G Isaac]

John C. Medaille wrote:
> A self evident statement is one which is not reducible to
> any other statement and in which, once the terms are
> grasped, the truth is immediately seen. Such statements
> deal with formal relations only.


"Cogito, ergo sum."

Experience is temporal.

Humans perceive causal relationships between objects of experience.

etc.

We may not be able to produce a Misean argument by treading
this path, but we cannot simply forget about Kant and Descartes.

Cheers,
Alan Isaac