Top 6 Jon Elster Quotes
#1. The basic postulate from which I start is that the goal of the social sciences is the liberation of man.
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#2. The investigation of this problem - How is spontaneous order possible? - is sometimes referred to as the 'Hayek programme'.
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#3. In another illustration of reactance, children (and adults too) may refuse all proposals about how to spend the day, even the one they prefer, because they do not want to feel imposed upon.
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#4. In anger, my hostility is directed toward another's action and can be extinguished by getting even - an action that reestablishes the equilibrium ...
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#5. Reduction is at the heart of progress in science.
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#6. Knowing that one may be subject to bias is one thing; being able to correct it is another.
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