Economics, Philosophy and Physics

Ching-Yao Hsieh, Meng-Hua Ye (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

1992
M.E. Sharpe (Verlag)
978-0-87332-760-2 (ISBN)

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Traces the relationship between ideas and methodological perspectives in economics to the fields of philosophy and the physical sciences. It is aimed at students of economics who want to learn about the philosophical underpinnings and scientific foundations of contemporary economic theory.

This book traces the relationship between ideas and methodological perspectives in economics to the fields of philosophy and the physical sciences. It is aimed at students of economics who want to learn about the philosophical underpinnings and scientific foundations of contemporary economic theory. The authors show how advances in scientific knowledge have had an impact on philosophy that in turn influenced the development of economic thought.

Ching-Yao Hsieh, Meng-Hua Ye

List of Figures, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Chapter 1 Newtonian Physics, Philosophy, and Economics, Chapter 2 The Romantic Protest against the Newtonian Mechanistic World View, Chapter 3 Thermodynamics and the Newtonian World View, Chapter 4 Relativity, Philosophy, and Economics, Chapter 5 Quantum Mechanics, Philosophy, and Economics, Chapter 6 Chaos Theory, Philosophy, and Economics, Chapter 7 The Revolutions in Physics and the Future of Economics, Bibliography, Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.3.1992
Verlagsort	Armonk
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	0-87332-760-8 / 0873327608
ISBN-13	978-0-87332-760-2 / 9780873327602
Zustand	Neuware