 Philosophy and Economics: Some General ConnectionsR. M. O’Donnell
Chapter 8 in Keynes: Philosophy, Economics and Politics, 1989, pp 157-182 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Having investigated the salient features of Keynes’s philosophy, our attention now shifts to the connections between this philosophy and the rest of his thought. What happens when a philosopher with articulated views on rationality, logic, probability, epistemology and ethics engages with economics, politics and social policy? How do the various streams of thought interact in the one mind — are there continuities and appropriations, ruptures and separations, or merely parallelisms without interconnection? Do we find ideas and positions in other areas whose origins can be discovered in philosophy? And in particular, since ideas about rationality are key issues in economic theory, economic policy and political discourse, do we find reflections of Keynes’s distinctive approach to theoretical and practical reason in his economic and political writings? It is in addressing such questions as these that the thesis of illuminating continuities between Keynes’s philosophy and the rest of his thought faces its tribunal. Keywords: Natural Science; Economic Problem; Organic Unity; Great Goodness; Total Welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-07027-5_9 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-07027-5_9 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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