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Continuity and Continuousness: The Chain of Ideas Linking Peirce’s Synechism to Veblen’s Cumulative Causation

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  • John Hall
  • Oliver Whybrow

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This paper seeks to establish that a chain of ideas connects and effectively links together core thoughts advanced by philosopher Charles Peirce with economist Thorstein Veblen. Peirce introduced into 19th century American philosophical inquiry the ancient Greek understanding of continuity and continuousness — derived from “synechism.” We argue that Peirce’s understanding and use of synechism serves as the foundation for Veblen’s understanding and formation of the concept and principle of “cumulative causation.” This stands at the center of Veblen’s attempts to introduce evolutionary thinking into modern economics.

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  • John Hall & Oliver Whybrow, 2008. "Continuity and Continuousness: The Chain of Ideas Linking Peirce’s Synechism to Veblen’s Cumulative Causation," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(2), pages 349-355, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jeciss:v:42:y:2008:i:2:p:349-355
    DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2008.11507143
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    1. John Hall Author-Email: hallj@pdx.edu & Alexander Dunlap & Joe Mitchell-Nelson, 2016. "Subreption, Radical Institutionalism, and Economic Evolution," Panoeconomicus, Savez ekonomista Vojvodine, Novi Sad, Serbia, vol. 63(4), pages 475-492, September.
    2. Wible, James R. & Assistant, JHET, 2020. "Why Economics is an Evolutionary, Mathematical Science: How Could Veblen’s View Of Economics Been So Different Than C. S. Peirce’s?," OSF Preprints 5nwsa, Center for Open Science.
    3. Joseph E. Pluta, 2010. "Evolutionary Alternatives to Equilibrium Economics," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 69(4), pages 1155-1177, October.

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