The Sensory Order: An Inquiry into the Foundations of Theoretical Psychology

by Friedrich A. Hayek

The Sensory Order , first published in 1952, sets forth F. A. Hayek's classic theory of mind in which he describes the mental mechanism that classifies perceptions that cannot be accounted for by physical laws. Hayek's substantial contribution to theoretical psychology has been addressed in the work of Thomas Szasz, Gerald Edelman, and Joaquin Fuster.

"A most encouraging example of a sustained attempt to bring together information, inference, and hypothesis in the several fields of biology, psychology, and philosophy."— Quarterly Review of Biology

F. A. Hayek (1899-1992), recipient of the Medal of Freedom in 1991 and co-winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974, taught at the University of London, the University of Chicago, and the University of Freiburg.

Genres: Psychology, Philosophy, Neuroscience, Economics

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1952

About the author

Friedrich August von Hayek CH was an Austrian and British economist and philosopher known for his defense of classical liberalism and free-market capitalism against socialist and collectivist thought. He is considered by some to be one of the most important economists and political philosophers of the twentieth century. Hayek's account of how changing prices communicate signals which enable individuals to coordinate their plans is widely regarded as an important achievement in economics. Hayek also wrote on the topics of jurisprudence, neuroscience and the history of ideas.

Hayek is one of the most influential members of the Austrian School of economics, and in 1974 shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with Gunnar Myrdal "for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena." He also received the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991 from president George H. W. Bush.

Hayek lived in Austria, Great Britain, the United States and Germany, and became a British subject in 1938.

Reviews

[Alexi Parizeau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holyshit..

[Adrián Sánchez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitivamente la propuesta teórica de Hayek calza como complemento a lo que originalmente Mises había propuesto en la Acción Humana, es notable que Hayek queriendo tener un poco más de rigurosidad epistemológica haya sentado bases que incluso pueden influir en la neurología.

La obra también cuenta con un análisis por Ángel García y Oscar Vara que le añaden una perspectiva de la Escuela Austríaca para demostrar como es posible compatibilizar las teorías de Hayek en cuanto al estudio de la mente.

[Fadi · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The Sensory Order ought to be regarded as one of the most creative and innovative attempts to develop a biologically founded epistemology by means of establishing a direct link between a global brain theory and philosophy. More particularly Hayek provided the starting points for a fully-fledged evolutionary epistemology that simultaneously analyses phylogenetic and ontogenetic aspects of human cognition present in the development of neuronal structures."

[Ozymandias · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book, Hayek explores the impossibility of describing the human mind in a successful way by humans. He also speaks on the impossibility of an analysis of a complex system by a less complex system. Hayek does this to illustrate the faults in physical analysis of the sensory order, humans don't exactly know what may have caused creation of different neuronal pathways.

[Marco Sán Sán]

Extremadamente técnico, lo que me podría fascinar, pero no. ¿Por qué no? tal ves sea que su intento de hacer un esquema de la sensaciones se pierde en su perspectivismo, ya que en la actualidad hay libros que estructuran con mayor soltura y objetivismo lo que intenta, lo leo y lo veo sumamente privado, nada objetivo, pero con una gran aspiración a ser técnico lo que se queda aunado tal vez por los conocimiento de la época. Aun así aprecio el intento y mas viniendo de quien viene, aunque es mi segunda lectura de Hayek y siento la misma pesadez en su pluma.

[hikaru fujita · Rating 4 out of 5]

感覚秩序

[Luis Barrueto · Rating 4 out of 5]

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