Hayek's view was that all the knowledge that is possible of a circumstance is a theory of the circumstance-that is, there is no such thing as pure sensation. There is, rather, a theory of sensation. (Alan O. Ebenstein)

Hayek's view was that all the knowledge that is possible of a circumstance is a theory of the circumstance-that is, there is no such thing as pure sensation. There is, rather, a theory of sensation.

Alan O. Ebenstein

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