Hayek’s Speculative Psychology, The Neuroscience of value Estimation, and the Basis of Normative Individualism
Don Ross’ chapter. ConnectionismDon RossFriedrich HayekHayek in MindIndividualismphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindSensory Order
Don Ross’ chapter. ConnectionismDon RossFriedrich HayekHayek in MindIndividualismphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindSensory Order
An extract from the very excellent and versatile (economics and philosophy of mind) Don Ross. In light of this history, it is not surprising that, as many commentators have noted, The Sensory Order was relatively neglected for a few decades, but has recently enjoyed a wave of scholarly appreciation. Much of this has centered on…
Here’s the opening paragraph of Don Ross’ paper from Hayek in Mind: Hayek’s Philosophical Psychology. Philosophers of mind who re-visit Friedrich Hayek’s The Sensory Order almost sixty years after its publication should feel humbled, perhaps sheepish, on behalf of their discipline. The book is essentially an exercise in abstract speculative mental architecture construction, the kind of…