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Hayek Contra Pangloss: A Rejoinder

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Whitman (1998) claims that Friedrich Hayek's theory of cultural evolution was not Panglossian. Denis's (2002) refutation relies on an overbroad definition of the term Panglossian, a misunderstanding of the implications of group selection theory, and an incomplete understanding of the nested character of evolutionary processes in Hayek's approach.

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    Douglas Glen Whitman

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Whitman, D.G. Hayek Contra Pangloss: A Rejoinder. Constitutional Political Economy 14, 335–338 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:COPE.0000003862.17944.d0

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