TY - CHAP
T1 - Instinct and habit before reason: comparing the views of John Dewey, Friedrich Hayek and Thorstein Veblen
AU - Hodgson, G.
N1 - Original article can be found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/15292134 Copyright Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This article compares the views of Veblen, Dewey and Hayek on the roles and relations between instinct, habit and reason. From a Darwinian perspective, it is shown that Veblen had a more consistent and developed position on this issue than others. While Dewey embraced instinct and especially habit in his early works, these concepts gradually disappeared from view. Despite their shared opposition to the rising behaviorist psychology, the works of both Dewey and Hayek bear the marks of its hegemony. Consequently, at least in the context addressed here, the works of Veblen deserve reconsideration.
AB - This article compares the views of Veblen, Dewey and Hayek on the roles and relations between instinct, habit and reason. From a Darwinian perspective, it is shown that Veblen had a more consistent and developed position on this issue than others. While Dewey embraced instinct and especially habit in his early works, these concepts gradually disappeared from view. Despite their shared opposition to the rising behaviorist psychology, the works of both Dewey and Hayek bear the marks of its hegemony. Consequently, at least in the context addressed here, the works of Veblen deserve reconsideration.
U2 - 10.1016/S1529-2134(06)09005-3
DO - 10.1016/S1529-2134(06)09005-3
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-0-7623-1378-5
SP - 109
EP - 143
BT - Advances in Austrian Economics Vol.9
PB - Elsevier
ER -