The sensory order : an inquiry into the foundations of theoretical psychology / F.A. Hayek ; introduction by Heinrich Klüver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), 1899-1992, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Senses and sensation.

Mind and body.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1952.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM

II. AN OUTLINE OF THE THEORY

III. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AS AN INSTRUMENT OF CLASSIFICATION

IV. SENSATION AND BEHAVIOUR

V. THE STRUCTURE OF THE MENTAL ORDER

VI. CONSCIOUSNESS AND CONCEPTUAL THOUGHT

VII. CONFIRMATIONS AND VERIFICATIONS OF THE THEORY

VIII. PHILOSOPHICAL CONSEQUENCES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780226321301

0226321304

OCLC:

1135591497