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14%OFFFreidrich A Hayek - Studies on the Abuse and Decline of Reason - 9780226321097 - V9780226321097
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Studies on the Abuse and Decline of Reason

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Description for Studies on the Abuse and Decline of Reason Hardcover. Features a collection of essays on the study of social phenomena. This title argues that the vast number of elements whose interactions create social structures and institutions make it unlikely that social science can predict precise outcomes. Editor(s): Caldwell, Bruce. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 654.
"Studies on the Abuse and Decline of Reason" is a series of fascinating essays on the study of social phenomena. How to best and most accurately study social interactions has long been debated intensely, and there are two main approaches: the positivists, who ignore intent and belief and draw on methods based in the sciences; and the nonpositivists, who argue that opinions and ideas drive action and are central to understanding social behavior. F. A. Hayek's opposition to the positivists and their claims to scientific rigor and certainty in the study of human behavior is a running theme of this ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226321097
SKU
V9780226321097
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About Freidrich A Hayek
F. A. Hayek (1899-1992), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991 and cowinner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974, was a pioneer in monetary theory and a leading proponent of classical liberalism in the twentieth century. Bruce Caldwell is a research professor of economics and director of the Center for the History of Political Economy ... Read more

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