Philosophy of Mathematics and Economics: Image, Context and Perspective - Couverture rigide

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Boylan, Thomas A.; O'Gorman, Paschal F.

 
9780415161886: Philosophy of Mathematics and Economics: Image, Context and Perspective
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0415161886 ISBN 13 : 9780415161886
Editeur : Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

With the failure of economics to predict the recent economic crisis, the image of economics as a rigorous mathematical science has been subjected to increasing interrogation. One explanation for this failure is that the subject took a wrong turn in its historical trajectory, becoming too mathematical. Using the philosophy of mathematics, this unique book re-examines this trajectory.

Philosophy of Mathematics and Economics re-analyses the divergent rationales for mathematical economics by some of its principal architects. Yet, it is not limited to simply enhancing our understanding of how economics became an applied mathematical science. The authors also critically evaluate developments in the philosophy of mathematics to expose the inadequacy of aspects of mainstream mathematical economics, as well as exploiting the same philosophy to suggest alternative ways of rigorously formulating economic theory for our digital age. This book represents an innovative attempt to more fully understand the complexity of the interaction between developments in the philosophy of mathematics and the process of formalisation in economics.

Assuming no expert knowledge in the philosophy of mathematics, this work is relevant to historians of economic thought and professional philosophers of economics. In addition, it will be of great interest to those who wish to deepen their appreciation of the economic contours of contemporary society. It is also hoped that mathematical economists will find this work informative and engaging.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415161886
ISBN 13 
9780415161886
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
254
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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