Ricardian Inference: Charles S. Peirce, Economics, and Scientific Method.
Standard histories of economics usually treat the "marginal revolution" of the mid-19th century as both supplanting the "classical" economics of Smith and Ricardo and as advancing the idea of economics as a mathematical science. The marginalists—especially Jevons and Walras—viewed Cournot's (1838) b...
| Publicado en: | Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 521 - 558 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=149531220&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 149531220 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00091774 2HR jtl: Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society issn: 00091774 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Fall2020 vid: 56 iid: 4 pid: 211 pub: Indiana University Press artinfo: ui: 149531220 10.2979/trancharpeirsoc.56.4.02 ppf: 521 ppct: 37 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 932KB tig: atl: Ricardian Inference: Charles S. Peirce, Economics, and Scientific Method. aug: au: Hoover, Kevin D. Wible, James R. affil: Duke University kd.hoover@duke.edu University of New Hampshire Jim.Wible@unh.edu su: Ricardo, David, 1772-1823 Philosophy of economics Philosophy of science Mathematical economics Syllogism Mathematical induction Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914 Cournot, A. A. (Antoine Augustin), 1801-1877 History of economics Analogy Abduction (Logic) Transfinite numbers sug: subj: Ricardo, David, 1772-1823 Philosophy of economics Philosophy of science Mathematical economics Syllogism Mathematical induction Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914 Cournot, A. A. (Antoine Augustin), 1801-1877 History of economics Analogy Abduction (Logic) Transfinite numbers keyword: Abduction Antoine Augustin Cournot Charles S. Peirce David Ricardo Economics Induction Ricardian Inference Transfinite Cardinals ab: Standard histories of economics usually treat the "marginal revolution" of the mid-19th century as both supplanting the "classical" economics of Smith and Ricardo and as advancing the idea of economics as a mathematical science. The marginalists—especially Jevons and Walras—viewed Cournot's (1838) book on mathematical economics as a seminal work on which they could build. Surprisingly, the scientist, philosopher, and logician Charles S. Peirce discovered Cournot before the marginalist economists and possessed a deeper appreciation of his mathematical approach. While Peirce's contributions to economics are limited, the influence of economics on his philosophy is subtle and not well understood. In a number of fragments, Peirce, who, despite Ricardo's lack of mathematical form, nonetheless regarded him as a paradigmatic mathematical economist, refers to "Ricardian inference" as a fundamental contribution to scientific method. Two options, perhaps complementary, are explored as to exactly what Peirce meant by "Ricardian inference." On the one hand, he associates Ricardo with the "primipostnumeral syllogism," which is a sort of generalization to uncountably infinite sets of what Peirce calls Fermatian inference (often referred to as mathematical induction). On the other hand, he holds up Ricardo as an exemplar of the "analytical method," which is Peirce's name for a hybrid form connecting analogy, abduction, and induction. On either account, economics plays a larger and more fundamental role in Peirce's philosophy of science than is generally understood. In the Harvard Lectures the two threads are linked together in Peirce's use of an economic example to exemplify pragmatism. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society is the property of Indiana University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society holder: Indiana University Press dt: @attributes: year: 2020 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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