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Record Nr.

UNINA9910303448503321

Autore

Lovejoy Knight Karen

Titolo

A.C. Pigou and the 'Marshallian' Thought Style : A Study in the Philosophy and Mathematics Underlying Cambridge Economics / / by Karen Lovejoy Knight

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783030010188

303001018X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought, , 2662-6586

Disciplina

330.01

Soggetti

Economics - History

Philosophy - History

Econometrics

Social choice

Welfare economics

Economic history

History of Economic Thought and Methodology

History of Philosophy

Quantitative Economics

Social Choice and Welfare

Economic History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 inthe history of economic thought, economic history, political economy, the sociology of scientific knowledge and philosophy.