# Social Laws, Part 2

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/social-laws-part-2>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** March 8, 2017

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George H. Smith explains how the methodological monism of modern positivism differs from classical empiricism.

[Originally published in essay form on August 1, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/social-laws-part-2)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._