Irving Fisher’s unpublished 1890 essay ‘Mathematical contributions to Philosophy: Attacking Kant’s theory of Geom. axioms’

Toomas Truuvert

History of Economics Review, 2017, vol. 68, issue 1, 35-41

Abstract: During his time as a graduate student of mathematics and economics at Yale University, Fisher commented on the foundations of Kant’s conception of the problem of space. In a short unpublished 1890 essay, Fisher argued that due to its practical application, geometry could not feasibly be a pure science and therefore more accurately should be designated a physical science instead. The current paper unveils a recently completed transcription of the unpublished manuscript for the 1890 essay in its entirety. Its publication provides a wider audience with insight into Fisher’s earliest known scholarly work, in mathematics and philosophy. In addition, it potentially provides a philosophical backdrop to Fisher’s subsequent work in economics, especially on the problem of the rate of interest.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/10370196.2018.1447744

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