Studies on the abuse and decline of reason text and documents / edited by bruce caldwell.

Uniform titleCounter-revolution of science
SeriesCollected works of F. A. Hayek ; vol. 13
Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), 1899-1992. Works. 1989 ; vol. 13. ^A665824
Contents Prelude: Individualism: true and false -- Part One: Scientism and the study of society -- The influence of the natural sciences on the social sciences -- The problem and the method of the natural sciences -- The subjective character of the data of the social sciences -- The individualist and "compositive" method of the social sciences -- The objectivism of the scientistic approach -- The collectivism of the scientistic approach -- The historicism of the scientistic approach -- "Purposive" social formations -- "Conscious" direction and the growth of reason -- Engineers and planners -- Part Two: The counter-revolution of science -- The source of the scientistic hubris: l'Ecole polytechnique -- The "accoucheur d'idées": Henri de Saint-Simon -- Social physics: Saint-Simon and Comte -- The religion of the engineers: Enfantin and the Saint-Simonians -- Saint-simonian influence -- Sociology: Comte and his successors -- Part Three: Comte and Hegel -- Comte and Hegel -- Appendix: Related documents -- Some notes on propaganda in Germany -- Selected correspondence, F.A. Hayek to Fritz Machlup (1940-41) -- Preface to the U. S. edition -- Preface to the German edition.
Bibliography noteIncludes index.
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