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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828230503321
• Autore: Hayek Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), <1899-1992, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1952
• ISBN: 0-226-32130-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 pages)
• Disciplina: 152
• Soggetti: Senses and sensation; Mind and body; Psychology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.