Thomas A Boylan, Paschal F O'Gorman

Philosophy of Mathematics and Economics

Image, Context and Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

Economic methodology has been dominated by developments in the philosophy of science. This book's central thesis is that a great deal can be gained by refocusing attention on developments in the philosophy of mathematics, in particular those that took place over the course of the twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780367592431
• ISBN-10: 0367592436
• Artikelnr.: 69892330

Autorenporträt

Thomas A. Boylan is Professor Emeritus of Economics of the National University of Ireland, Galway. His main research and teaching interests have been in Economic Growth and Development Theory; Applied Econometrics; Philosophy/Methodology of Economics; Post-Keynesian Economics; and the History of Irish Economic Thought. Paschal F. O'Gorman is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of the National University of Ireland, Galway. His main research and teaching areas have been in the Philosophy of Science; Logic; Philosophy of Mind; and since the 1980s, the Philosophy and Methodology of Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Economics and Mathematics: Image
Context and Development
Chapter 2 Walras's Programme: The Walras-Poincaré Correspondence Reassessed
Chapter 3 The Formalisation of Economics and Debreu's Philosophy of Mathematics
Chapter 4 The Axiomatic Method in the Foundations of Mathematics: Implications for Economics
Chapter 5 Hahn and Kaldor on the Neo-Walrasian Formalization of Economics
Chapter 6 Rationality and Conventions in Economics and in Mathematics
Chapter 7 The Emergence of Constructive and Computable Mathematics: New Directions for the Formalization of Economics?
Chapter 8 Economics
Mathematics and Science: Philosophical Reflections
Appendix
Bibliography