Reason, scientism, and methodology: Hayek’s adherence to complexity through the development of his methodological criticism in the Abuse of Reason Project
ABSTRACT This article presents a narrative on the emergence of the concept of complexity in Friedrich A. Hayek’s work. We show that complexity emerges from Hayek’s methodological concerns and, specifically, from his texts that compose the first two parts of the Abuse of Reason Project. Namely, a) ‘I...
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| description | ABSTRACT This article presents a narrative on the emergence of the concept of complexity in Friedrich A. Hayek’s work. We show that complexity emerges from Hayek’s methodological concerns and, specifically, from his texts that compose the first two parts of the Abuse of Reason Project. Namely, a) ‘Individualism: True and False’, from 1946; b) ‘Scientism and the Study of Society’, published between 1942 and 1944; and c) ‘The Counter Revolution of Science’, from 1941. In this paper, we aim to expose that the concept of complexity emerges gradually and organically and is integrated with the Hayekian research program from the 1940s. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a9117485ca9449cb8ffff41faef2d7e12022-12-22T04:12:28ZengEditora 34Brazilian Journal of Political Economy1809-45382021-07-0141350752410.1590/0101-31572021-3145Reason, scientism, and methodology: Hayek’s adherence to complexity through the development of his methodological criticism in the Abuse of Reason ProjectKEANU TELLES DA COSTAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7689-9839EDUARDO ANGELIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6676-9267ABSTRACT This article presents a narrative on the emergence of the concept of complexity in Friedrich A. Hayek’s work. We show that complexity emerges from Hayek’s methodological concerns and, specifically, from his texts that compose the first two parts of the Abuse of Reason Project. Namely, a) ‘Individualism: True and False’, from 1946; b) ‘Scientism and the Study of Society’, published between 1942 and 1944; and c) ‘The Counter Revolution of Science’, from 1941. In this paper, we aim to expose that the concept of complexity emerges gradually and organically and is integrated with the Hayekian research program from the 1940s.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31572021000300507&tlng=enFriedrich A. Hayekcomplexityabuse of reasonscientismmethodology. |
| spellingShingle | KEANU TELLES DA COSTA EDUARDO ANGELI Reason, scientism, and methodology: Hayek’s adherence to complexity through the development of his methodological criticism in the Abuse of Reason Project Brazilian Journal of Political Economy Friedrich A. Hayek complexity abuse of reason scientism methodology. |
| title | Reason, scientism, and methodology: Hayek’s adherence to complexity through the development of his methodological criticism in the Abuse of Reason Project |
| title_full | Reason, scientism, and methodology: Hayek’s adherence to complexity through the development of his methodological criticism in the Abuse of Reason Project |
| title_fullStr | Reason, scientism, and methodology: Hayek’s adherence to complexity through the development of his methodological criticism in the Abuse of Reason Project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reason, scientism, and methodology: Hayek’s adherence to complexity through the development of his methodological criticism in the Abuse of Reason Project |
| title_short | Reason, scientism, and methodology: Hayek’s adherence to complexity through the development of his methodological criticism in the Abuse of Reason Project |
| title_sort | reason scientism and methodology hayek s adherence to complexity through the development of his methodological criticism in the abuse of reason project |
| topic | Friedrich A. Hayek complexity abuse of reason scientism methodology. |
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