Philosophy

Friedrich A. von Hayek

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Abt. B Band 2: Mißbrauch und Verfall der Vernunft. Ein Fragment
Hrsg. v. Viktor Vanberg

[The Abuse and Decline of Reason. By Friedrich A. von Hayek. Edited by Viktor Vanberg.]

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This volume contains essays on basic issues of the methodology of the social sciences and on the history of socialist thought. Friedrich A. von Hayek wrote these essays in the 1940s as part of a larger project addressing the »history of the abuse and decline of reason in modern times«. The critique of scientism and constructivism that is at the core of these essays concerns a central theme in Hayek's work, namely the Pretence of Knowledge. A first book edition appeared in 1952 under the title The Counter-Revolution of Science – Studies in the Abuse of Reason. For this new edition of the German version, which is out of print, the original translation by Helene von Hayek has been slightly revised.
This volume contains essays on basic issues of the methodology of the social sciences and on the history of socialist thought. Friedrich A. von Hayek wrote these essays in the 1940s as part of a larger project addressing the »history of the abuse and decline of reason in modern times«. The critique of scientism and constructivism that is at the core of these essays concerns a central theme in Hayek's work, namely the Pretence of Knowledge. A first book edition appeared in 1952 under the title The Counter-Revolution of Science – Studies in the Abuse of Reason. For this new edition of the German version, which is out of print, the original translation by Helene von Hayek has been slightly revised.
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Friedrich A. von Hayek (1899–1992) 1918–23 Studium der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaften in Wien; 1921 Dr. jur.; 1923 Dr. rer. pol.; 1929 Privatdozent an der Universität Wien; 1931–50 Tooke Professor of Economic Science and Statistics, London School of Economics; 1950–62 Professor of Social and Moral Science, University of Chicago; 1962–68 Professor für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau.

Viktor J. Vanberg 1995–2009 Professor für Wirtschaftspolitik an der Universität Freiburg; 2001–10 Leiter des Walter Eucken Instituts Freiburg; seit 2010 Senior Research Fellow und Vorstand, Walter Eucken Institut.
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