 Towards a Connexionist Theory of the Firm. How Knowledge is Treated in Economic AnalysisEuropean Journal of Economic and Social Systems, 2005, vol. 18, issue 1, 13-27 Abstract: The present text analyses the different epistemic models that economists might use when launching forays into the field of information and knowledge. As is customary in cognitive sciences but not in economics, we will be contrasting the computationalist and connexionist paradigms. The former meshes well with the orthodox school of thought (and with the reduced form thereof, to wit, the Simonian neo-rationalist paradigm). Questions remain however as to the way in which the connexionist paradigm is manifested in the field of economics. The present text will show that an evolutionist theory of the firm à la Nelson and Winter constitutes a good illustration of the connexionist approach (whether or not this outcome had been desired or made explicit by these authors). We will argue in favour of a research programme that exploits the connexionist paradigm systematically to analyse companies. Keywords: Evolutionary theory of the firm; Information; Knowledge; Computationalist paradigm; Connexionist paradigm (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ris:ejessy:0120 Access Statistics for this article European Journal of Economic and Social Systems is currently edited by Bernard Paulré and Stefano Lucarelli More articles in European Journal of Economic and Social Systems from Lavoisier |
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