The Social Science of Hayek's the Sensory Order

Advances in Austrian economics......Page 1
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List of contributors......Page 3
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The unexpected fertility of Hayek’s cognitive theory: An introduction to The social science of Hayek’s ‘‘The sensory order’’......Page 6
Historical comments on The Sensory Order......Page 7
An overview of Hayek’s cognitive theory......Page 10
Generalizing Hayek’s cognitive theory......Page 14
Overview of this volume......Page 17
Notes......Page 22
References......Page 23
Science and The Sensory Order......Page 26
Introduction......Page 27
What is science?\r......Page 28
Science in The Sensory Order......Page 30
Science in postpositivist philosophy and sociology......Page 33
The Naturalistic Movement......Page 34
The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge......Page 36
The Impact of Postpositivism......Page 37
Adaptive Classifying Systems......Page 39
Scientific Knowledge as a Systemic Phenomenon......Page 43
Categories of Postpositivism......Page 44
Normative Social Naturalism......Page 47
Nonnormative Social Naturalism......Page 48
Underdetermination, Incommensurability, and Theory-Ladenness......Page 50
The dead end of radical reflexivity......Page 51
Knowledge, individual, and social......Page 53
Conclusion......Page 55
References......Page 56
Reflecting upon knowledge: Hayek’s psychology and social science......Page 60
Introduction......Page 61
Man and society......Page 62
Psychology: alternative paradigms......Page 65
Psychology: mental and physical events......Page 67
Scientific method: from sensory order to physical order......Page 69
Scientific method: theory and fact......Page 71
Scientific method: objectivity and subjectivity......Page 72
Scientific method: social phenomena......Page 73
Scientific method: ’horses for courses’......Page 74
Social order: evolutionary adaptation......Page 77
Conclusion......Page 80
Notes......Page 81
References......Page 83
The sensory order: Operational epistemology as an evolutionary adaptation\r......Page 85
Introduction......Page 86
The Hayekian synthesis in cognitive psychology......Page 89
Brain evolution as a spontaneous order......Page 98
Conclusion......Page 109
References......Page 110
Prologue......Page 117
Hayek’s Proto-connectionism......Page 122
Cognitive closure......Page 129
Mind and Society......Page 132
Extended Cognitive Systems......Page 135
An Extended Cognitive System - A Stigmergic Approach......Page 138
Epilogue......Page 141
Notes......Page 146
References......Page 149
Hayek and the evolutionary tradition against the Homo oeconomicus......Page 158
The sensory order is the product of an unconscious process......Page 159
Against associationist psychology......Page 161
The Scottish tradition......Page 163
Menger and Hayek: The rebirth of methodological individualism......Page 167
The primacy of theory in the construction of science......Page 171
Notes......Page 173
References......Page 175
The Sensory Order and the neurophysiological basics of methodological individualism......Page 177
Introduction......Page 178
Categorization and interpretation......Page 179
The self-organization of the mind......Page 182
The impossibility of a full explanation of cognitive processes......Page 185
From the indeterminism of cognitive process to the necessity of Verstehen......Page 187
Sensory order and praxeological approach......Page 190
The nomological-deductive explanation of action......Page 191
The neurophysiologic foundation of the subjective theory of value......Page 194
The analogy between the self-organization of the mind and that of the market......Page 195
Sensory order and social change......Page 197
Conclusion......Page 201
Notes......Page 202
Acknowledgments......Page 203
References......Page 204
The Sensory Order, The economic imagination and the tacit dimension......Page 208
Introduction......Page 209
Concluding comments......Page 210
Brands and criteria-based decision rules......Page 212
The fallible decision maker......Page 216
Consciousness versus the tacit dimension......Page 219
References......Page 231
Hayek on Prices and Knowledge: Supplementing ‘‘The Use of Knowledge in Society’’ with The Sensory Order......Page 234
Introduction......Page 235
The knowledge papers......Page 236
From the sensory order to an epistemological theory......Page 239
Informational role of prices......Page 242
Hayek interpretations......Page 246
Conclusion......Page 251
Notes......Page 252
References......Page 253
The sensory order and organizational learning......Page 257
The implicit learning theory of The Sensory Order......Page 260
The firm as a collection of routines reflecting organizational learning......Page 263
Minds and Firms as Learning Processes......Page 266
Rules and Routines......Page 268
Maps and Models; Balance Sheets and Budgets......Page 270
Environmental effects on organizational learning......Page 273
Suggestions for further research and conclusion......Page 275
References......Page 277
Instincts and institutions: The rise of the market\r......Page 279
The Rise of the Market and the Problem of Exchange......Page 280
An Outline of the Paper......Page 281
The framework......Page 282
The Evolution and Development of Mind......Page 283
The Evolution of Formal and Informal Institutions......Page 284
Social cooperation: its basis in evolved psychology......Page 285
Cooperation in Close-Knit Societies......Page 286
How did market-supporting institutions emerge?\r......Page 287
Instincts for Trust and Cooperation in Large-Scale, Fluid Societies......Page 289
The Evolution of Culture and Social Norms......Page 292
The conflict between instincts and institutions......Page 294
Notes......Page 297
References......Page 299
An institutional solution for a cognitive problem: Hayek’s sensory order as foundation for Hayek’s institutional order......Page 304
Introduction......Page 305
A Bit of Historical Context......Page 307
The Sensory Order......Page 308
The Map and Model......Page 310
Summary: Main Themes......Page 311
The cognitive foundations of Hayek’s social order......Page 312
The Knowledge Problem......Page 314
Learning......Page 315
Mental Models, Epistemological Communities, and Subjectivity......Page 316
Beyond the text: Post-Hayekian applications......Page 318
Economic Choice: Culture and Economics......Page 319
An Example: Constitutional Culture......Page 322
Conclusion......Page 323
Notes......Page 324
Acknowledgments......Page 325
References......Page 326
The role of dispositions in Hayek’s cognitive theory......Page 329
Introduction......Page 330
Hayek’s cognitive theory in a nutshell......Page 331
The core element of cognitive processes: the dispositions......Page 333
Social evolution as evolution of dispositions......Page 336
The role of government in the process of social evolution......Page 338
Conclusion......Page 340
Notes......Page 341
Acknowledgments......Page 343
References......Page 344
Making Sense out of The Sensory Order......Page 346
Introduction: The new neuro-Hayekians......Page 347
Is The Sensory Order the key to understanding Hayekquest......Page 350
An alternative hypothesis......Page 361
Does The Sensory Order have a useful economic futurequest......Page 362
Conclusions......Page 364
Notes......Page 366
References......Page 367
I am not a ‘‘Neuro-Hayekian,’’ I’m a subjectivist......Page 371
Neuro-Hayekian? Not me\r......Page 373
From Mind to Market......Page 374
Minds or Institutions?\r......Page 376
References......Page 377
Confessions of a neuro-Hayekian......Page 378
References......Page 383
From Neuro-Hayekians to subjectivist Hayekians: A reply to Horwitz and Koppl......Page 385
References......Page 389