Top 5 Quotes by Jon Elster

Knowing that one may be subject to bias is one thing; being able to correct it is another.

Knowing, May, Able

Jon Elster (2015). “Explaining Social Behavior”, p.118, Cambridge University Press

The basic postulate from which I start is that the goal of the social sciences is the liberation of man.

Men, Goal, Social

Reduction is at the heart of progress in science.

Heart, Progress, Reduction

Jon Elster (1989). “Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences”, p.74, Cambridge University Press

In anger, my hostility is directed toward another's action and can be extinguished by getting even - an action that reestablishes the equilibrium.

Science, Action, Mathematics

Jon Elster (1999). “Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the Emotions”, p.65, Cambridge University Press

The investigation of this problem - How is spontaneous order possible? - is sometimes referred to as the 'Hayek programme'.

Order, Problem, Sometimes

Jon Elster (1989). “The Cement of Society: A Survey of Social Order”, p.250, Cambridge University Press

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