Edgeworth on Chance, Economic Hazard, and Statistics

Informationen zum Autor Philip Mirowski, Professor of Economics and History of Science at University of Notre Dame, is the author of Against Mechanism: Protecting Economics From Science. Klappentext Among the early neo-classical economists, Francis Edgeworth is known as one of the most brilliant. Mirowski has created an intellectual biography of this key figure that is unprecedented in scope. Miroowski is a genuinely thoughtful and provocative writer from whom any writer can benefit, and his selection from Edgeworth is a nice sampling of the work of a really first-rate mind and exploring problems that still confront us. -- Stephen M. Stigler, The University of Chicago Zusammenfassung Among the early neo-classical economists! Francis Edgeworth is known as one of the most brilliant. Mirowski has created an intellectual biography of this key figure that is unprecedented in scope. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introductory Essays Chapter 2 Edgeworth's Neglected Book! Meretike Chapter 3 Selections From Edgeworth's Papers Chapter 4 Selected Book Reviews Chapter 5 Selected Unpublished Correspondence

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Philip J Mirowski, Philip J. Mirowski
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 29.05.1994
• EAN: 9780847677511
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-7751-1
• Seiten: 470
• Serien: The Worldly Philosophy: Studies at the Intersection of Philosophy and Economics; Art of the Keyboard; The Worldly Philosophy: Studies at the Intersection of Philosophy and Economics; Art of the Keyboard; Worldly Philosophy: Studies at
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