Foundations: Principles & Falsifiability

Deconstruct the core tenets of classical liberalism: methodological individualism, spontaneous order, and the rule of law.

Apply Popper's demarcation criterion to distinguish between the positive (falsifiable) and normative (non-falsifiable) claims within classical liberal texts.

Analyze Adam Smith's concept of 'spontaneous order' as a non-teleological explanatory mechanism for social phenomena.

Analyze John Locke's theory of property acquisition and formulate the 'Lockean Proviso' as a testable condition for the legitimacy of initial appropriation.