The Counter-revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of ReasonEarly in the last century the successes of science led group of French thinkers to apply the principles of science to the study of society. These thinkers purported to have discovered the supposed laws of society and concluded that an elite of social scientists should assume direct control of social life. |
Contents
PART ONE SCIENTISM AND THE STUDY OF SOCIETY | 11 |
The Problem and the Method of the Natural Sciences | 17 |
The Subjective Character of the Data of the Social | 25 |
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The Counter-revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason Friedrich August Hayek No preview available - 1979 |
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