lwzxy 发表于 2009-8-27 15:38
But this means that numerical and mathematical probability theory cannot really apply to each single case, but only to the proportion of randomly-selected homogeneous events, as in tossing a coin or throwing a die. This fact is much more true of the unique, nonrandom events of ordinary human (and entrepreneurial) action. It becomes evident from Richard von Mises's fundamental work that mathematical probability theory can never be applicable to economics, or to any other study of human action.
Can you introduce an alternative method which can be applicable to economics (or to any other study of human action)?
And by which criterion, do we tell that a given method can be applicable to economics?
Thus, what is the meaning of "applying to each single case"?