Function, mind and novelty: organismic concepts and Richard M. Goodwin formation at Harvard, 1932 to 1934

Mauro Caminati

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2010, vol. 17, issue 2, 255-277

Abstract: This article draws upon Richard M. Goodwin Archive papers at Siena University to examine Goodwin's early philosophical formation at Harvard in the years 1932 to 1934 and the influence then exerted upon his ideas by Alfred N. Whitehead, and through him, by the Harvard philosophical and scientific community. It is shown how this early philosophical formation bears a close relation with Goodwin's lifelong interest in the causes and effects of novelty generation in social systems.

Keywords: R.M. Goodwin; Harvard; philosophy of organism; function; mind; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1080/09672560903204569

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