Ordnungsplatonismus

The German philosopher Hans Albert has critizised the aprioristic nature of the neoclassical style of thought and has characterized it as "model Platonism". Apriorism is not confined to some lines of neoclassical though, however, but is, perhaps even more pronouncedly, present in Austrian economics, Ordo economics, constitutional economics and also to be found with some German proponents of the social market economy. For this reason it appears appropriate to speak not only of "model Platonism" but of "Ordo-Platonism" as well. The following remarks elaborate this criticism.