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Scott Scheall - How Are Carl and Karl Menger Important For Liberalism?

The Curious Task

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The Irony of the Rejection of Mathematics

The younger Menger was always sort of, I want to say a bit defensive about his father's rejection of mathematics. He went out of his way to emphasize one that his father didn't hate mathematics. But at the same time, he also emphasized that ultimately, and this gets into the point about tolerance,. Ultimately, the reason that his father rejected the mathematical method was for a reason that he himself as a mathematician could accept.

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