praxological

[Geoff Nathan]

There *is* a word 'praxeology/ical' in the OED, a technical term that I learned from the classical liberal economist Ludwig von Mises in his magnum opus Human Action:

 The branch of knowledge that deals with the nature of human action, esp. as understood in economic theory by the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) and his followers. (OED Definition)

But it's not clear whether the translators (or von Clausewitz) intended the same sense.

Geoff

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> Not in OED:
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> 1985 Michael, Lord Carver in _N.Y. Times_ (Sept. 22) [
> http://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/22/books/arms-and-the-mind.html?&pagewanted=2]
> : The translators are to be congratulated, although the word
> ''praxological'' seems an unnecessarily complicated synonym for
> ''practical.''
>
> JL
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