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100 _aBoylan, Thomas A.,
_91639583
_eauthor
245 _aPhilosophy of mathematics and economics image :
_bcontext and perspective /
_cThomas A. Boylan, Paschal F. O'Gorman.
260 _aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c2018.
490 1 _aRoutledge INEM advances in economic methodology
520 _a"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."--
650 _aEconomics, Mathematical
_931591
650 _aEconomics
700 1 _aO'Gorman, Paschal F.,
_eauthor
_91640880
830 _aRoutledge INEM advances in economic methodology
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