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The impacts of the early 20th century physics and mathematics crisis on contemporary economics discourse

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  • Mauricio Martinelli Silva Luperi

    (Professor de Economia da UFABC)

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Through discussion of several authors, dealing with the process of mathematicization of the economy, we seek to clarify the progress of this process in the world. Mirowski (1991) analyzes this phenomenon and finds that it began more strongly from 1925. However, he does not show in his article as mathematics and physics qualitatively influenced the economy. This is our primary goal in this paper: an account, in a systematic way, of how mathematics and physics have influenced constitution of economics, culminating in the adoption of general equilibrium as metatheory and the generalization of the hypothetical-method deductive. JEL Classification: B1; B4.

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  • Mauricio Martinelli Silva Luperi, 2017. "The impacts of the early 20th century physics and mathematics crisis on contemporary economics discourse," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 37(4), pages 735-754, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:37:y:2017:i:4:id:95262
    DOI: 10.1590/0101-31572017v37n04a05
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    • B1 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925
    • B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology

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