Základné teoretické princípy Hayekovej kompozitívnej metódy poznania spoločnosti
Main Theoretical Principles of Hayek`s Composition Method of Society Cognition

Summary/Abstract: Main Theoretical Principles of Hayek`s Composition Method of Society Cognition. The paper gives an analysis of the main theoretical principles of Hayek`s composition method. The analysis focuses on three essential principles of subjectivism, individualism and principle of rational synthesis. They are not analysed in their universal and abstract forms or meaning, but in their specific ‘Hayek`s’ form, in which they are used as building principles of his open society concept, explicated in his famous work ‘Law, Legislation and Liberty’. Are his principles coherent with the explicated concept? Or, on contrary, is the explicated concept the real form of applied principles which are taken by Hayek as presumptive for given concept? This problem is the ground of this paper. The results of analysis indicate the contradictions between the starting principles and their consequences. Subjectivism leads to spontaneous order, however this one is objective. Individualism leads to abstract rules, but these serve as general schemes of human behaviour. Sociológia 2003 Vol. 35 (No. 2: 107-124)

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