Prospects for a Prigogine alliance between economics and engineering

Robert Hebert

Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 2021, vol. 48, issue 4, No 8, 609-614

Abstract: Abstract Epistemological advocates of transdisciplinarity have done a poor job of defining its distinction from interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity, cross-disciplinarity, and other such related concepts; and of constructing a clear path to implementation of their preferred approach. Historical examples of cross-fertilization between economics and engineering have shown demonstrable promise, but the supposed advantages of a transdisciplinary approach to economics and engineering designed to combat the increased technological complexity of artificial intelligence remain speculative.

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Complexity; Economics-engineering nexus; Epistemology; Methodology; Transdisciplinarity; Unification of knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B13 B49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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