Vol. 10, No 1, 2013 pp. 13 - 23
UDC 330.831.8
THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN THEORY
OF CULTURAL EVOLUTION
Dragan Petrović, Miloš Krstić
Faculty of Economics, University of Niš, Serbia
dragan.petrovic@eknfak.ni.ac.rs
Starting from the emphasized concept of the Darwinian paradigm that using the Darwinian's principles of variation, selection and retention, all domains from biology to economic systems can be explained, the advocates of modern evolutionary epistemology have dealt with the analysis of the role of a thoughtful institutional planning in the process of the cultural evolution. In light of the issue on how human intention and evolutionary forces interact in socio-economic processes, this paper examines the views of F.A. Hayek, the most famous follower of evolutionary epistemology, on the evolution of the market economy system. In this paper, special attention will be devoted to Hayek's concept of rational liberalism and his evolutionary epistemology.
Key Words: market systems, knowledge, abstract rules, "blind" evolutionary exploration, institutional design, planning
ULOGA INSTITUCIJA U TEORIJI KULTURNE EVOLUCIJE
Polazeći od naglašene ideje darvinističke paradigme da je uz pomoću Darvinovih principa varijacije, selekcije i retencije moguće objasniti sve oblasti od biologije do privrednih sistema, predstavnici savremene evolucione epistemologije bave se analizom uloge promišljenog institucionalnog planiranja u procesu kulturne evolucije. U svetlu pitanja kako ljudska intencija i evolucione sile interaguju u društveno-ekonomskim procesima, ovaj rad ispituje stavove Fidriha Hajeka, najpoznatijeg sledbenika evolucione epistemologije, o evoluciji tržišnog privrednog sistema. Posebna pažnja u ovom radu biće posvećena tenziji između Hajekovog koncepta racionalnog liberalizma i njegove evolucione epistemologije.
Ključne reči: tržižni sistemi, znanje, apstraktna pravila, "slepa" evoluciona istaživanja, instittucionalni dizajn, planiranje
