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The Sensory Order

An Inquiry into the Foundations of Theoretical Psychology

Author: F.A. Hayek  

The author was the recipient of the Medal of Freedom in 1991 and co-winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974.

This text sets forth Hayek's theory of mind in which he describes the mental mechanism which classifies perceptions that cannot be accounted for by physical laws.

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The author was the recipient of the Medal of Freedom in 1991 and co-winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974.

This text sets forth Hayek's theory of mind in which he describes the mental mechanism which classifies perceptions that cannot be accounted for by physical laws.

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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.

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About the Author

F. A. Hayek (1899-1992), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991 and co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974, was a pioneer in monetary theory and a leading proponent of classical liberalism in the twentieth century. He taught at the University of Vienna, University of London, University of Chicago, and University of Freiburg.

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Publisher
The University of Chicago Press | University of Chicago Press
Published
1st June 1999
Edition
74th
Pages
232
ISBN
9780226320946

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