Vers des lumières hayékiennes. De la critique du rationalisme constructiviste à un nouveau rationalisme critique

Jean Petitot

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Abstract

This paper upholds the thesis that contemporary modelling of complex cognitive, economic, and social systems vindicates Hayek’s conception of modernity and justifies the apparent conservatism of his liberalism. It changes so drastically our conception of rationality that it allows us to overcome Hayek’s criticism of rational constructivism and to work out a new form of critical rationalism. It is now possible to speak of an Hayekian Enlightenment and to conceive of his liberalism as a new Aufklärung.

Keywords

Complexity, cognition, rationality, Aufklärung, automaton, prisoner dilemma, genetic programming, learning, categorization, common sense, finality.

Classification JEL

B00