“Applying Mathematics to Economics According to Cournot and Walras.” (European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

L'application des mathématiques chez Cournot et Walras

Ludovic Ragni ()
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Ludovic Ragni: COMUE UCA - COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019), CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur

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Abstract: This article examines the reasons that led Cournot to refuse Walras's request that he writes an article defending mathematical economics. From a reading of Cournot's works on philosophy and economics we show three reasons which explain the Cournot's refusal. First, Cournot does not attach the same importance to the theorems proposed by Walras. Second, these theorems enable Walras to defend an economic system that he considers to be truer than any other while Cournot believed that the economy could be subject to various forms of mathematical representations. Third, Cournot does not refer to the same conception of mathematics of Walras.

Keywords: History of economic analysis; epistemology; mathematics; Cournot; Walras (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Published in European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, In press, 25, pp.73-105

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