Studies on the Abuse and Decline of Reason: Text and Documents (Collected Works of F.A. Hayek)

by Bruce Caldwell (Editor), F .a Hayek (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $157.01

  Argues that the abuse and decline of reason was caused by hubris, by man's pride in his ability to reason, which in the author's mind had been heightened by the rapid advance and multitudinous successes of the natural sciences, and the attempt to apply natural science methods in the social sciences.

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $60.36

  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.