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Books

Economics and Knowledge

– “Economics and Knowledge.” Economica N.S. 4 (February 1937): 33–54.
Excerpt: “The ambiguity of the title of this paper is not accidental. Its main subject is of course the role which assumptions and propositions about the knowledge possessed by the… More

The Counter-Revolution of Science

– “The Counter-Revolution of Science.” Parts I-III. Economica N.S. 8 (February - August 1941): 281–320.
Excerpt: “In the course of its slow development in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the study of economic and social phenomena was guided in the choice of its methods in… More

Planning, Science and Freedom

– “Planning, Science and Freedom.” Nature 148 (November 15, 1941).
Excerpt: “The last ten years have witnessed in Great Britain a strong revival of a movement that for at least three generations has been a decisive force in the formation of opinion… More

Scientism and the Study of Society

– “Scientism and the Study of Society.” Part I: Economica N.S. 9 (1942). Part II: Economica 10 (1943). Part III: Economica 11 (1944).
Excerpt: “In the course of its slow development in the 18th and early 19th centuries the study of economic and social phenomena was guided in the choice of its methods in the main by… More

The Facts of the Social Sciences

– “The Facts of the Social Sciences.” Ethics 54 (October 1943).
Excerpt: “There there exists today no commonly accepted term to describe the group of disciplines with which we shall be concerned in this paper. The term “moral sciences,” in the… More

The London School of Economics 1895–1945

– “The London School of Economics 1895–1945.” Economica N.S. 13 (February 1946): 1–31.
Excerpt: “In October, 1945, the London School of Economics and Political Science completed its 50th year. It had been hoped that this event would be marked by the publication of a… More

Economics

– “Economics.” Chambers’ Encyclopaedia 4 (Oxford 1950).

The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason

– Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1952, 255 pp; new edition New York, 1964; 2nd edition with 1959 Preface to German edition, Indianapolis, Indiana: Liberty Press, 1979, also available in Liberty Press paperback.
Early in the last century the successes of science led a group of French thinkers to apply the principles of science to the study of society. These thinkers purported to have discovered the… More

Degrees of Explanation

– “Degrees of Explanation.” The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 6, no. 23 (1955): 209–225.
Excerpt: “The discussion of scientific method has been guided almost entirely by the example of classical physics. The reason for this is mainly that certain features of the… More

The Vienna School

– “Wiener Schule.” Handwörterbuch der Sozialwissenschaften 12 (Stuttgart-Tübingen-Göttingen, 1962).

Rules, Perception and Intelligibility

– “Rules, Perception and Intelligibility.” Proceedings of the British Academy 48 (1962), London, 1963, pp. 321–344.
Excerpt: “The most striking instance of the phenomenon from which we shall start is the ability of small children to use language in accordance with the rules of grammar and idiom of… More

Kinds of Rationalism

– “Kinds of Rationalism.” The Economic Studies Quarterly 15, no. 3 (Tokyo, 1965).
Excerpt: “In the course of my critical examination of certain dominance beliefs of our time I have sometimes had to make a difficult choice. It often happens that quite specific… More

The Trend of Economic Thinking

– “The Trend of Economic Thinking,” Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967/1969;  
Excerpt: “The position of the economists in the intellectual life of our time is unlike that of practitioners of any other branch of knowledge. Questions for whose solution his… More

Scientism

– “Szientismus.” In W. Bernsdorf (ed.), Wörterbuch der Soziologie, Edited by W. Bernsdorf. 2nd ed. (Stuttgart, 1969).

The Primacy of the Abstract

– “The Primacy of the Abstract.” In Arthur Koestler and J. R. Smythies (eds.), Beyond Reductionism—The Alpbach Symposium. London, 1969.
Excerpt: “What I shall try to explain under this paradoxical heading seems to me in some ways merely a final step in a long development, which would probably have been explicitly… More

The Place of Menger’s Grundsätze in the History of Economic Thought

– “The Place of Menger's Grundsätze in the History of Economic Thought.” In J. R. Hicks and W. Weber (eds.), Carl Menger and the Austrian School of Economics. Oxford, 1973, pp. 1–14
Excerpt: “When the Grundsatze  appeared in 1871, it was only 95 years since the Wealth of Nations, only 54 since Ricardo’s Principles, and a mere 23 it since the great… More

Socialism and Science

– "Socialism and Science," A Lecture delivered to The Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand on October 19, 1976.
Excerpt: “Socialism is related to Science in various ways. Probably the least interesting relation today is that from which Marxism  lays claim to the name of “scientific… More

Rereading von Hayek

– Leduc, G. “En rélisant von Hayek.” Revue d'Economie Politique 86 (1976): 491–494.

Hayek’s Critique of Reason

– Miller, Eugene F. “Hayek's Critique of Reason.” Modern Age 20, no. 4 (Fall 1976): 383–394.
Excerpt: “My essay will examine what I take to be the foundation of Hayek’s thoughts, namely, the accounts he gives of human knowledge. There is ample evidence that his work in… More

The Errors of Constructivism

– "The Errors of Constructivism," New Studies in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978.
Excerpt: “It seemed to me necessary to introduce the term ‘constructivism’ as a specific name for a manner of thinking that in the past has often, but misleadingly, been… More

The Cognitive Basis of Hayek’s Political Thought

– Miller, Eugene F. “The Cognitive Basis of Hayek's Political Thought.” In Robert L. Cunningham Liberty and the Rule of Law. College Station and London: Texas A & M University Press, 1979. pp. 242–267.

Essays

Economics and Knowledge

– “Economics and Knowledge.” Economica N.S. 4 (February 1937): 33–54.
Excerpt: “The ambiguity of the title of this paper is not accidental. Its main subject is of course the role which assumptions and propositions about the knowledge possessed by the… More

The Counter-Revolution of Science

– “The Counter-Revolution of Science.” Parts I-III. Economica N.S. 8 (February - August 1941): 281–320.
Excerpt: “In the course of its slow development in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the study of economic and social phenomena was guided in the choice of its methods in… More

Planning, Science and Freedom

– “Planning, Science and Freedom.” Nature 148 (November 15, 1941).
Excerpt: “The last ten years have witnessed in Great Britain a strong revival of a movement that for at least three generations has been a decisive force in the formation of opinion… More

Scientism and the Study of Society

– “Scientism and the Study of Society.” Part I: Economica N.S. 9 (1942). Part II: Economica 10 (1943). Part III: Economica 11 (1944).
Excerpt: “In the course of its slow development in the 18th and early 19th centuries the study of economic and social phenomena was guided in the choice of its methods in the main by… More

The Facts of the Social Sciences

– “The Facts of the Social Sciences.” Ethics 54 (October 1943).
Excerpt: “There there exists today no commonly accepted term to describe the group of disciplines with which we shall be concerned in this paper. The term “moral sciences,” in the… More

The London School of Economics 1895–1945

– “The London School of Economics 1895–1945.” Economica N.S. 13 (February 1946): 1–31.
Excerpt: “In October, 1945, the London School of Economics and Political Science completed its 50th year. It had been hoped that this event would be marked by the publication of a… More

Economics

– “Economics.” Chambers’ Encyclopaedia 4 (Oxford 1950).

The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason

– Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1952, 255 pp; new edition New York, 1964; 2nd edition with 1959 Preface to German edition, Indianapolis, Indiana: Liberty Press, 1979, also available in Liberty Press paperback.
Early in the last century the successes of science led a group of French thinkers to apply the principles of science to the study of society. These thinkers purported to have discovered the… More

Degrees of Explanation

– “Degrees of Explanation.” The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 6, no. 23 (1955): 209–225.
Excerpt: “The discussion of scientific method has been guided almost entirely by the example of classical physics. The reason for this is mainly that certain features of the… More

The Vienna School

– “Wiener Schule.” Handwörterbuch der Sozialwissenschaften 12 (Stuttgart-Tübingen-Göttingen, 1962).

Rules, Perception and Intelligibility

– “Rules, Perception and Intelligibility.” Proceedings of the British Academy 48 (1962), London, 1963, pp. 321–344.
Excerpt: “The most striking instance of the phenomenon from which we shall start is the ability of small children to use language in accordance with the rules of grammar and idiom of… More

Kinds of Rationalism

– “Kinds of Rationalism.” The Economic Studies Quarterly 15, no. 3 (Tokyo, 1965).
Excerpt: “In the course of my critical examination of certain dominance beliefs of our time I have sometimes had to make a difficult choice. It often happens that quite specific… More

The Trend of Economic Thinking

– “The Trend of Economic Thinking,” Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967/1969;  
Excerpt: “The position of the economists in the intellectual life of our time is unlike that of practitioners of any other branch of knowledge. Questions for whose solution his… More

Scientism

– “Szientismus.” In W. Bernsdorf (ed.), Wörterbuch der Soziologie, Edited by W. Bernsdorf. 2nd ed. (Stuttgart, 1969).

The Primacy of the Abstract

– “The Primacy of the Abstract.” In Arthur Koestler and J. R. Smythies (eds.), Beyond Reductionism—The Alpbach Symposium. London, 1969.
Excerpt: “What I shall try to explain under this paradoxical heading seems to me in some ways merely a final step in a long development, which would probably have been explicitly… More

The Place of Menger’s Grundsätze in the History of Economic Thought

– “The Place of Menger's Grundsätze in the History of Economic Thought.” In J. R. Hicks and W. Weber (eds.), Carl Menger and the Austrian School of Economics. Oxford, 1973, pp. 1–14
Excerpt: “When the Grundsatze  appeared in 1871, it was only 95 years since the Wealth of Nations, only 54 since Ricardo’s Principles, and a mere 23 it since the great… More

Socialism and Science

– "Socialism and Science," A Lecture delivered to The Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand on October 19, 1976.
Excerpt: “Socialism is related to Science in various ways. Probably the least interesting relation today is that from which Marxism  lays claim to the name of “scientific… More

Rereading von Hayek

– Leduc, G. “En rélisant von Hayek.” Revue d'Economie Politique 86 (1976): 491–494.

Hayek’s Critique of Reason

– Miller, Eugene F. “Hayek's Critique of Reason.” Modern Age 20, no. 4 (Fall 1976): 383–394.
Excerpt: “My essay will examine what I take to be the foundation of Hayek’s thoughts, namely, the accounts he gives of human knowledge. There is ample evidence that his work in… More

The Errors of Constructivism

– "The Errors of Constructivism," New Studies in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978.
Excerpt: “It seemed to me necessary to introduce the term ‘constructivism’ as a specific name for a manner of thinking that in the past has often, but misleadingly, been… More

The Cognitive Basis of Hayek’s Political Thought

– Miller, Eugene F. “The Cognitive Basis of Hayek's Political Thought.” In Robert L. Cunningham Liberty and the Rule of Law. College Station and London: Texas A & M University Press, 1979. pp. 242–267.

Commentary

Economics and Knowledge

– “Economics and Knowledge.” Economica N.S. 4 (February 1937): 33–54.
Excerpt: “The ambiguity of the title of this paper is not accidental. Its main subject is of course the role which assumptions and propositions about the knowledge possessed by the… More

The Counter-Revolution of Science

– “The Counter-Revolution of Science.” Parts I-III. Economica N.S. 8 (February - August 1941): 281–320.
Excerpt: “In the course of its slow development in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the study of economic and social phenomena was guided in the choice of its methods in… More

Planning, Science and Freedom

– “Planning, Science and Freedom.” Nature 148 (November 15, 1941).
Excerpt: “The last ten years have witnessed in Great Britain a strong revival of a movement that for at least three generations has been a decisive force in the formation of opinion… More

Scientism and the Study of Society

– “Scientism and the Study of Society.” Part I: Economica N.S. 9 (1942). Part II: Economica 10 (1943). Part III: Economica 11 (1944).
Excerpt: “In the course of its slow development in the 18th and early 19th centuries the study of economic and social phenomena was guided in the choice of its methods in the main by… More

The Facts of the Social Sciences

– “The Facts of the Social Sciences.” Ethics 54 (October 1943).
Excerpt: “There there exists today no commonly accepted term to describe the group of disciplines with which we shall be concerned in this paper. The term “moral sciences,” in the… More

The London School of Economics 1895–1945

– “The London School of Economics 1895–1945.” Economica N.S. 13 (February 1946): 1–31.
Excerpt: “In October, 1945, the London School of Economics and Political Science completed its 50th year. It had been hoped that this event would be marked by the publication of a… More

Economics

– “Economics.” Chambers’ Encyclopaedia 4 (Oxford 1950).

The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason

– Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1952, 255 pp; new edition New York, 1964; 2nd edition with 1959 Preface to German edition, Indianapolis, Indiana: Liberty Press, 1979, also available in Liberty Press paperback.
Early in the last century the successes of science led a group of French thinkers to apply the principles of science to the study of society. These thinkers purported to have discovered the… More

Degrees of Explanation

– “Degrees of Explanation.” The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 6, no. 23 (1955): 209–225.
Excerpt: “The discussion of scientific method has been guided almost entirely by the example of classical physics. The reason for this is mainly that certain features of the… More

The Vienna School

– “Wiener Schule.” Handwörterbuch der Sozialwissenschaften 12 (Stuttgart-Tübingen-Göttingen, 1962).

Rules, Perception and Intelligibility

– “Rules, Perception and Intelligibility.” Proceedings of the British Academy 48 (1962), London, 1963, pp. 321–344.
Excerpt: “The most striking instance of the phenomenon from which we shall start is the ability of small children to use language in accordance with the rules of grammar and idiom of… More

Kinds of Rationalism

– “Kinds of Rationalism.” The Economic Studies Quarterly 15, no. 3 (Tokyo, 1965).
Excerpt: “In the course of my critical examination of certain dominance beliefs of our time I have sometimes had to make a difficult choice. It often happens that quite specific… More

The Trend of Economic Thinking

– “The Trend of Economic Thinking,” Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967/1969;  
Excerpt: “The position of the economists in the intellectual life of our time is unlike that of practitioners of any other branch of knowledge. Questions for whose solution his… More

Scientism

– “Szientismus.” In W. Bernsdorf (ed.), Wörterbuch der Soziologie, Edited by W. Bernsdorf. 2nd ed. (Stuttgart, 1969).

The Primacy of the Abstract

– “The Primacy of the Abstract.” In Arthur Koestler and J. R. Smythies (eds.), Beyond Reductionism—The Alpbach Symposium. London, 1969.
Excerpt: “What I shall try to explain under this paradoxical heading seems to me in some ways merely a final step in a long development, which would probably have been explicitly… More

The Place of Menger’s Grundsätze in the History of Economic Thought

– “The Place of Menger's Grundsätze in the History of Economic Thought.” In J. R. Hicks and W. Weber (eds.), Carl Menger and the Austrian School of Economics. Oxford, 1973, pp. 1–14
Excerpt: “When the Grundsatze  appeared in 1871, it was only 95 years since the Wealth of Nations, only 54 since Ricardo’s Principles, and a mere 23 it since the great… More

Socialism and Science

– "Socialism and Science," A Lecture delivered to The Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand on October 19, 1976.
Excerpt: “Socialism is related to Science in various ways. Probably the least interesting relation today is that from which Marxism  lays claim to the name of “scientific… More

Rereading von Hayek

– Leduc, G. “En rélisant von Hayek.” Revue d'Economie Politique 86 (1976): 491–494.

Hayek’s Critique of Reason

– Miller, Eugene F. “Hayek's Critique of Reason.” Modern Age 20, no. 4 (Fall 1976): 383–394.
Excerpt: “My essay will examine what I take to be the foundation of Hayek’s thoughts, namely, the accounts he gives of human knowledge. There is ample evidence that his work in… More

The Errors of Constructivism

– "The Errors of Constructivism," New Studies in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978.
Excerpt: “It seemed to me necessary to introduce the term ‘constructivism’ as a specific name for a manner of thinking that in the past has often, but misleadingly, been… More

The Cognitive Basis of Hayek’s Political Thought

– Miller, Eugene F. “The Cognitive Basis of Hayek's Political Thought.” In Robert L. Cunningham Liberty and the Rule of Law. College Station and London: Texas A & M University Press, 1979. pp. 242–267.

Multimedia

Economics and Knowledge

– “Economics and Knowledge.” Economica N.S. 4 (February 1937): 33–54.
Excerpt: “The ambiguity of the title of this paper is not accidental. Its main subject is of course the role which assumptions and propositions about the knowledge possessed by the… More

The Counter-Revolution of Science

– “The Counter-Revolution of Science.” Parts I-III. Economica N.S. 8 (February - August 1941): 281–320.
Excerpt: “In the course of its slow development in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the study of economic and social phenomena was guided in the choice of its methods in… More

Planning, Science and Freedom

– “Planning, Science and Freedom.” Nature 148 (November 15, 1941).
Excerpt: “The last ten years have witnessed in Great Britain a strong revival of a movement that for at least three generations has been a decisive force in the formation of opinion… More

Scientism and the Study of Society

– “Scientism and the Study of Society.” Part I: Economica N.S. 9 (1942). Part II: Economica 10 (1943). Part III: Economica 11 (1944).
Excerpt: “In the course of its slow development in the 18th and early 19th centuries the study of economic and social phenomena was guided in the choice of its methods in the main by… More

The Facts of the Social Sciences

– “The Facts of the Social Sciences.” Ethics 54 (October 1943).
Excerpt: “There there exists today no commonly accepted term to describe the group of disciplines with which we shall be concerned in this paper. The term “moral sciences,” in the… More

The London School of Economics 1895–1945

– “The London School of Economics 1895–1945.” Economica N.S. 13 (February 1946): 1–31.
Excerpt: “In October, 1945, the London School of Economics and Political Science completed its 50th year. It had been hoped that this event would be marked by the publication of a… More

Economics

– “Economics.” Chambers’ Encyclopaedia 4 (Oxford 1950).

The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason

– Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1952, 255 pp; new edition New York, 1964; 2nd edition with 1959 Preface to German edition, Indianapolis, Indiana: Liberty Press, 1979, also available in Liberty Press paperback.
Early in the last century the successes of science led a group of French thinkers to apply the principles of science to the study of society. These thinkers purported to have discovered the… More

Degrees of Explanation

– “Degrees of Explanation.” The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 6, no. 23 (1955): 209–225.
Excerpt: “The discussion of scientific method has been guided almost entirely by the example of classical physics. The reason for this is mainly that certain features of the… More

The Vienna School

– “Wiener Schule.” Handwörterbuch der Sozialwissenschaften 12 (Stuttgart-Tübingen-Göttingen, 1962).

Rules, Perception and Intelligibility

– “Rules, Perception and Intelligibility.” Proceedings of the British Academy 48 (1962), London, 1963, pp. 321–344.
Excerpt: “The most striking instance of the phenomenon from which we shall start is the ability of small children to use language in accordance with the rules of grammar and idiom of… More

Kinds of Rationalism

– “Kinds of Rationalism.” The Economic Studies Quarterly 15, no. 3 (Tokyo, 1965).
Excerpt: “In the course of my critical examination of certain dominance beliefs of our time I have sometimes had to make a difficult choice. It often happens that quite specific… More

The Trend of Economic Thinking

– “The Trend of Economic Thinking,” Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967/1969;  
Excerpt: “The position of the economists in the intellectual life of our time is unlike that of practitioners of any other branch of knowledge. Questions for whose solution his… More

Scientism

– “Szientismus.” In W. Bernsdorf (ed.), Wörterbuch der Soziologie, Edited by W. Bernsdorf. 2nd ed. (Stuttgart, 1969).

The Primacy of the Abstract

– “The Primacy of the Abstract.” In Arthur Koestler and J. R. Smythies (eds.), Beyond Reductionism—The Alpbach Symposium. London, 1969.
Excerpt: “What I shall try to explain under this paradoxical heading seems to me in some ways merely a final step in a long development, which would probably have been explicitly… More

The Place of Menger’s Grundsätze in the History of Economic Thought

– “The Place of Menger's Grundsätze in the History of Economic Thought.” In J. R. Hicks and W. Weber (eds.), Carl Menger and the Austrian School of Economics. Oxford, 1973, pp. 1–14
Excerpt: “When the Grundsatze  appeared in 1871, it was only 95 years since the Wealth of Nations, only 54 since Ricardo’s Principles, and a mere 23 it since the great… More

Socialism and Science

– "Socialism and Science," A Lecture delivered to The Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand on October 19, 1976.
Excerpt: “Socialism is related to Science in various ways. Probably the least interesting relation today is that from which Marxism  lays claim to the name of “scientific… More

Rereading von Hayek

– Leduc, G. “En rélisant von Hayek.” Revue d'Economie Politique 86 (1976): 491–494.

Hayek’s Critique of Reason

– Miller, Eugene F. “Hayek's Critique of Reason.” Modern Age 20, no. 4 (Fall 1976): 383–394.
Excerpt: “My essay will examine what I take to be the foundation of Hayek’s thoughts, namely, the accounts he gives of human knowledge. There is ample evidence that his work in… More

The Errors of Constructivism

– "The Errors of Constructivism," New Studies in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978.
Excerpt: “It seemed to me necessary to introduce the term ‘constructivism’ as a specific name for a manner of thinking that in the past has often, but misleadingly, been… More

The Cognitive Basis of Hayek’s Political Thought

– Miller, Eugene F. “The Cognitive Basis of Hayek's Political Thought.” In Robert L. Cunningham Liberty and the Rule of Law. College Station and London: Texas A & M University Press, 1979. pp. 242–267.

Teaching

Economics and Knowledge

– “Economics and Knowledge.” Economica N.S. 4 (February 1937): 33–54.
Excerpt: “The ambiguity of the title of this paper is not accidental. Its main subject is of course the role which assumptions and propositions about the knowledge possessed by the… More

The Counter-Revolution of Science

– “The Counter-Revolution of Science.” Parts I-III. Economica N.S. 8 (February - August 1941): 281–320.
Excerpt: “In the course of its slow development in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the study of economic and social phenomena was guided in the choice of its methods in… More

Planning, Science and Freedom

– “Planning, Science and Freedom.” Nature 148 (November 15, 1941).
Excerpt: “The last ten years have witnessed in Great Britain a strong revival of a movement that for at least three generations has been a decisive force in the formation of opinion… More

Scientism and the Study of Society

– “Scientism and the Study of Society.” Part I: Economica N.S. 9 (1942). Part II: Economica 10 (1943). Part III: Economica 11 (1944).
Excerpt: “In the course of its slow development in the 18th and early 19th centuries the study of economic and social phenomena was guided in the choice of its methods in the main by… More

The Facts of the Social Sciences

– “The Facts of the Social Sciences.” Ethics 54 (October 1943).
Excerpt: “There there exists today no commonly accepted term to describe the group of disciplines with which we shall be concerned in this paper. The term “moral sciences,” in the… More

The London School of Economics 1895–1945

– “The London School of Economics 1895–1945.” Economica N.S. 13 (February 1946): 1–31.
Excerpt: “In October, 1945, the London School of Economics and Political Science completed its 50th year. It had been hoped that this event would be marked by the publication of a… More

Economics

– “Economics.” Chambers’ Encyclopaedia 4 (Oxford 1950).

The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason

– Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1952, 255 pp; new edition New York, 1964; 2nd edition with 1959 Preface to German edition, Indianapolis, Indiana: Liberty Press, 1979, also available in Liberty Press paperback.
Early in the last century the successes of science led a group of French thinkers to apply the principles of science to the study of society. These thinkers purported to have discovered the… More

Degrees of Explanation

– “Degrees of Explanation.” The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 6, no. 23 (1955): 209–225.
Excerpt: “The discussion of scientific method has been guided almost entirely by the example of classical physics. The reason for this is mainly that certain features of the… More

The Vienna School

– “Wiener Schule.” Handwörterbuch der Sozialwissenschaften 12 (Stuttgart-Tübingen-Göttingen, 1962).

Rules, Perception and Intelligibility

– “Rules, Perception and Intelligibility.” Proceedings of the British Academy 48 (1962), London, 1963, pp. 321–344.
Excerpt: “The most striking instance of the phenomenon from which we shall start is the ability of small children to use language in accordance with the rules of grammar and idiom of… More

Kinds of Rationalism

– “Kinds of Rationalism.” The Economic Studies Quarterly 15, no. 3 (Tokyo, 1965).
Excerpt: “In the course of my critical examination of certain dominance beliefs of our time I have sometimes had to make a difficult choice. It often happens that quite specific… More

The Trend of Economic Thinking

– “The Trend of Economic Thinking,” Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967/1969;  
Excerpt: “The position of the economists in the intellectual life of our time is unlike that of practitioners of any other branch of knowledge. Questions for whose solution his… More

Scientism

– “Szientismus.” In W. Bernsdorf (ed.), Wörterbuch der Soziologie, Edited by W. Bernsdorf. 2nd ed. (Stuttgart, 1969).

The Primacy of the Abstract

– “The Primacy of the Abstract.” In Arthur Koestler and J. R. Smythies (eds.), Beyond Reductionism—The Alpbach Symposium. London, 1969.
Excerpt: “What I shall try to explain under this paradoxical heading seems to me in some ways merely a final step in a long development, which would probably have been explicitly… More

The Place of Menger’s Grundsätze in the History of Economic Thought

– “The Place of Menger's Grundsätze in the History of Economic Thought.” In J. R. Hicks and W. Weber (eds.), Carl Menger and the Austrian School of Economics. Oxford, 1973, pp. 1–14
Excerpt: “When the Grundsatze  appeared in 1871, it was only 95 years since the Wealth of Nations, only 54 since Ricardo’s Principles, and a mere 23 it since the great… More

Socialism and Science

– "Socialism and Science," A Lecture delivered to The Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand on October 19, 1976.
Excerpt: “Socialism is related to Science in various ways. Probably the least interesting relation today is that from which Marxism  lays claim to the name of “scientific… More

Rereading von Hayek

– Leduc, G. “En rélisant von Hayek.” Revue d'Economie Politique 86 (1976): 491–494.

Hayek’s Critique of Reason

– Miller, Eugene F. “Hayek's Critique of Reason.” Modern Age 20, no. 4 (Fall 1976): 383–394.
Excerpt: “My essay will examine what I take to be the foundation of Hayek’s thoughts, namely, the accounts he gives of human knowledge. There is ample evidence that his work in… More

The Errors of Constructivism

– "The Errors of Constructivism," New Studies in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978.
Excerpt: “It seemed to me necessary to introduce the term ‘constructivism’ as a specific name for a manner of thinking that in the past has often, but misleadingly, been… More

The Cognitive Basis of Hayek’s Political Thought

– Miller, Eugene F. “The Cognitive Basis of Hayek's Political Thought.” In Robert L. Cunningham Liberty and the Rule of Law. College Station and London: Texas A & M University Press, 1979. pp. 242–267.