The Sensory Order, first published in 1952, sets forth Hayek's classic theory of mind in which he describes the mental mechanism that classifies perceptions that cannot be accounted for by physical laws. Editor Viktor Vanberg writes in the introduction that The Sensory Order provides "an essential foundation of [Hayek's] comprehensive social theory, covering economics, law, politics, and philosophy" (emphasis in the original).
F. A. Hayek (1899-1992), recipient of the Medal of Freedom in 1991 and co-winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in
Economic Sciences in 1974, was a pioneer in monetary theory and one of the principal proponents of classical liberal
thought in the twentieth century. He taught at the London School of Economics, the University of Chicago, and the
University of Freiburg.
Viktor Vanberg is professor emeritus of Freiburg University and a senior research fellow of the Walter Eucken Institut
in Freiburg.