F. A Hayek

The Sensory Order and Other Writings on the Foundations of Theoretical Psychology (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Vanberg, Viktor J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317562283
• Artikelnr.: 48867496

Autorenporträt

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.

Viktor J. Vanberg is Professor Emeritus of Freiburg University and a senior research fellow of the Walter Eucken Institut in Freiburg.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction I. The Nature of the Problem 1. What is Mind? 2. The
Phenomenal and the Physical World 3. Stimulus, Impulse, and the Theory of
the Specific Energy of the Nerves 4. Differences in Quality are Differences
in the Effects 5. The Unitary Character of the Sensory Order 6. The Order
of Sensory Qualities not Confined to Conscious Experience 7. The Denial or
Disregard of Our Problem by Behaviorism 8. The 'Absolute' Qualities of
Sensations a Phantom-Problem II. An Outline of the Theory 1. The Principle
of the Explanation 2. The Sensory Order in its Static and in its Dynamic
Aspects 3. The Principle of Classification 4. Multiple Classification 5.
The Central Thesis III. The Nervous System as an Instrument of
Classification 1. An Inventory of the Physiological Data 2. Simplifying
Assumptions on which the Operation of the Principle will be Discussed 3.
Elementary Forms of Classification 4. Complex Forms of Classification 5.
The Classification of the Relation Between Classes 6. The Universal
Character of the Process of Classification: Gestalt Phenomena and Abstract
Concepts IV. Sensation and Behaviour 1. Sensations and the Organism 2.
Evolution and the Hierarchal Order of the Nervous System 3. From Specific
Reflex to Generalized Evaluation 4. Proprioception of Low-Level Responses
5. Postures and Movements Connected with Perception 6. Patterns of Motor
Responses 7. Biogenic Needs and Drives 8. Emotions and the James-Lange
Theory V. The Structure of the Mental Order 1. Pre-Sensory Experience or
'Linkages' 2. The Gradual Formation of a 'Map' Reproducing Relations
Between Events in the Environment 3. The 'Map' and the 'Model' 4.
Associative Processes 5. Mechanical and Purposive Behaviour 6. The
Model-Object Relationship VI. Consciousness and Conceptual Thought 1.
Conscious and Unconscious Mental Processes 2. Criteria of Consciousness 3.
The Common Space-Time Framework 4. Attention 5. The Functions of
Consciousness 6. 'Concrete' and 'Abstract' 7. Conceptual Thought VII.
Confirmations and Verification of the Theory 1. Observed Facts for which
the Theory Accounts 2. Older Theories Comprised as Special Cases 3. New
Experiments Suggested 4. Possibilities of Experimental Refutation VIII.
Philosophical Consequences 1. Pre-Sensory Experience and Pure Empiricism 2.
Phenomenalism and the Inconstancy of Sensory Qualities 3. Dualisms and
Materialism 4. The Nature of Explanation 5. Explanation of the Principle 6.
The Limits of Explanation 7. The Division of the Sciences and the 'Freedom
of the Will' Bibliography Index