Meaning of ur-science | Babel Free

Definitions

Early, original, or foundational science

countable, uncountable

Examples

“It would be natural to suppose that it is classical logic (or some near thing) that lays rightful claim on the status of this ur-science.”

“The second key distinction is between praxeology and history, which Mises considers the two ur-sciences of human action (Mises [1949] 1996, 30–32); praxeology studies the theoretical and necessary characteristics of action, while history studies its contingent characteristics and manifestations.”

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