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nevertheless does accept the dictum that group phenomena are always
reducible to individual phenomena -- at least in the refined sense she
has explicated.If indeed this is the import of some of her remarks, then I think
she makes an erroneous concession to what (considering the methodo-
logical portentiousness of quantum physics) must in these days be
called a foolish conceit on the part of Hayek. Surely one should no
longer insist that designata for ensembles must be reducible in the
theoretical structure of any science in the light of the fruitfulness of
quantum theory. We must hold open the possibility of a similar re-
volution in social science even while we guard against evils of hyposta-
tization as Dr. Brodbeck warns. To close the door, however, once and
for all by adopting individualism as a sacred methodological precept
is to do precisely what Dr. Brodbeck inveighed against earlier: settle
a priori a matter which must await a great deal of further scientific
research.Tufts College
REFERENCES
1. CHURCHMAN C. W., AND ACKOFF. R. L., Psychologistics (mimeographed)
Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1946.
2. HAYEK F. A., The Counter-Revolution of Science: studies on the abuse of reason,
Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1952.

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Publication Information: Book Title: Reconstruction of Economics. Contributors: May Brodbeck - unknown, Richard S. Rudner - unknown, E. C. Harwood - author. Publisher: American Institute for Economic Research. Place of Publication: Great Barrington, MA. Publication Year: 1955. Page Number: 72.
    
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