On the Method Appropriate to Hayek Studies
The Center for the History of Political Economy Working Paper Series at Duke University
ASU Center for the Study of Economic Liberty Research Paper No. 18-1
Œconomia – History / Methodology / Philosophy, Forthcoming
11 Pages Posted: 12 Sep 2018 Last revised: 19 Dec 2018
Date Written: August 21, 2018
Abstract
The method appropriate to the historical and conceptual investigation of Hayek’s ideas is implicit in his own writings on the methodology of disciplines that study complex phenomena. The phenomena of Hayek’s career are complex phenomena requiring a method appropriate to this complexity.
Keywords: F.A. Hayek, complexity, pattern predictions, explanations of the principle, historiography, methodology
JEL Classification: B00, B2, B25, B31, B4, B53
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