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ur-science en · NOUN

Etymology

From ur- (“primitive, original”) + science.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Early, original, or foundational science
   • 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. 2009, Shahid Rahman, John Symons, Dov M. Gabbay, Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science - Volume 1 - Page 256:
   • 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. 2015, Peter J. Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne, The Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics - Page 19:

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Synonyms

proto-science