Philosophy of Mathematics and Economics: Image, Context and Perspective
Author:   Thomas A. Boylan ,  Paschal F. O'Gorman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367592431


Pages:   242
Publication Date:   14 August 2020
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Author:   Thomas A. Boylan ,  Paschal F. O'Gorman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367592431


ISBN 10:   0367592436
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   14 August 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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

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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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