NOTES for my Definitive review of *Hayek: A Life*
It is fairly significant that Hayek was learning about logic, mathematics, and Bertrand Russell from a member of the Schlick and Carnap circle -- a key background in Hayek's scientific development as a neuroscientist .. 1/n
It is fairly significant that Hayek was learning about logic, mathematics, and Bertrand Russell from a member of the Schlick and Carnap circle -- a key background in Hayek's scientific development as a neuroscientist .. 1/n
.. economist, and philosopher of science. And it is not insignificant that the one teaching Hayek this material was identified by Hayek as the clearest teacher of ideas he had ever experienced, Felix Kaufmann. 2/n
This seminal part of Hayek's scientific background is not seen for what it meant for Hayek by Caldwell and Klausinger. 3/n
When Hayek discusses propositions, tautologies, the deductive method, and when he cites the work of Bertrand Russell, Felix Kaufmann and the Vienna Circle is a key background to all that. 4/n
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