Philosophy of Mathematics and Economics: Image, Context and Perspective

by Thomas A. Boylan

With the failure of economics to predict the recent economic crisis, the image of economics as a rigorous mathematical science has been subjected to increasing interrogation. One explanation for this failure is that the subject took a wrong turn in its historical trajectory, becoming too mathematical. Using the philosophy of mathematics, this unique book re-examines this trajectory.

Philosophy of Mathematics and Economics re-analyses the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415161886
• ISBN13: 9780415161886
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.6"