Author	Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), 1899-1992
Title	Studies on the abuse and decline of reason [electronic resource] : text and documents / edited by Bruce Caldwell
Imprint	Chicago, [Ill.] ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010
Connect to	http://chicago.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7208/chicago/9780226321127.001.0001/upso-9780226321097
Descript	1 online resource (x, 331 p.)

How to best and most accurately study social interactions has long been debated intensely, and there are two main approaches: the positivists, who ignore intent and belief and draw on methods based in the sciences; and the non-positivists, who argue that opinions and ideas drive action and are central to understanding social behaviour. The author's opposition to the positivists and their claims to scientific rigour and certainty in the study of human behaviour is a running theme of the book, which argues that the vast number of elements whose interactions create social structures and institutions make it unlikely that social science can predict precise outcomes

1. Social sciences -- Methodology
2. Saint-Simon
3. Henri
4. comte de
5. 1760-1825 -- Influence
6. Saint-Simonianism
7. Comte
8. Auguste
9. 1798-1857 -- Influence
10. Hayek
11. Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August)
12. 1899-1992 -- Correspondence