By David Gordon
Milton Friedman’s commitment to statistical analysis led him vehemently to oppose the economics of Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek, whom he regarded as the purveyors of a priori, “unscientific” theorizing.
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Friedman criticism was the Austrians were not empirical. He opposed hiring Hayek at university of Chicago economics department for this reason. He told Hayek you are not an economist.
I should also add he is a big fan of a Road to Serfdom and Human Action
My recollection is that Friedman was a logical positivist, which is a somewhat silly school of philosophy that was held by many great 20th century scholars.