A.C. Pigou and the 'Marshallian' thought style : a study in the philosophy and mathematics underlying Cambridge economics / by Karen Lovejoy Knight.
2018
HB72 .K65 2018
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Title
A.C. Pigou and the 'Marshallian' thought style : a study in the philosophy and mathematics underlying Cambridge economics / by Karen Lovejoy Knight.
ISBN
9783030010188 (electronic book)
303001018X (electronic book)
3030010171
9783030010171
303001018X (electronic book)
3030010171
9783030010171
Published
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 316 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-01018-8 doi
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HB72 .K65 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
330.01
Summary
This book provides a study of the forces underlying the development of economic thought at Cambridge University during the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. The primary lens it uses to do so is an examination of how Arthur Cecil Pigou's thinking, heavily influenced by his predecessor, Alfred Marshall, evolved. Aspects of Pigou's context, biography and philosophical grounding are reconstructed and then situated within the framework of Ludwik Fleck's philosophy of scientific knowledge, most notably by drawing on the notions of 'thought styles' and 'thought collectives'. In this way, Knight provides a novel contribution to the history of Pigou's economic thought. Karen Lovejoy Knight is Economics Tutor and Sessional Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame, Western Australia and Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. She is also a business consultant and independent researcher. Her research interests lie in the history of economic thought, economic history, political economy, the sociology of scientific knowledge and philosophy.
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Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: A.C. Pigou and the Cambridge Tradition
Chapter 2: The Elusive A.C. Pigou
Chapter 3: The "Prof" and Marshallian Economics
Chapter 4: The 'Marshallian' Thought Collective and Thought Style
Chapter 5: Balancing the Material and the Ideal
Chapter 6: Mathematics and Formalism in Economic Theory
Chapter 7: Conclusion.
Chapter 2: The Elusive A.C. Pigou
Chapter 3: The "Prof" and Marshallian Economics
Chapter 4: The 'Marshallian' Thought Collective and Thought Style
Chapter 5: Balancing the Material and the Ideal
Chapter 6: Mathematics and Formalism in Economic Theory
Chapter 7: Conclusion.