Getting Hilbert right

E. Roy Weintraub

A chapter in Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 2006, pp 181-185 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: From the opening salvo of BenjaminWard's (1972)What's wrong with economicsto HenryWoo's (1986)What's wrong with formalization in economicsto MarkBlaug's (1999)“The formalist revolution or what happened to orthodox economics after World War II?” the specter of mathematician David Hilbert has haunted economists's discussions of formalization and axiomatization.

Date: 2006
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