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Keynes: Philosophy, Economics and Politics

The Philosophical Foundations of Keynes’s Thought and their Influence on his Economics and Politics

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  • © 1989

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  1. R. M. O’Donnell

    1. Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

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A systematic study contending that the distinctive theory of rationality found at the heart of Keynes' philosophy moulded his economic theorist policy-making, scientific methodology and politics. It aims to resolve his departure from Neoclassical economics to his radical "General Theory".

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Keynes’s Philosophy

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-8

  3. Keynes’s Philosophy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Some Philosophical Background

      • R. M. O’Donnell
      Pages 11-27

    3. Theoretical Reason And Logic

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      Pages 28-49

    4. Types of Probability and their Measurement

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      Pages 50-66

    5. The Concept of the Weight of Argument

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      Pages 67-80

    6. Epistemology

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      Pages 81-105

    7. Practical Reason and Ethics

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      Pages 106-137

    8. Philosophy After 1921

      • R. M. O’Donnell
      Pages 138-154

  4. Keynes’s Economics and Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Philosophy and Economics: Some General Connections

      • R. M. O’Donnell
      Pages 157-182

    3. Mathematics and Economics

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      Pages 183-207

    4. Epistemology and Economics

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      Pages 208-233

    5. The General Theory I: The Dye of Expectations

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      Pages 234-246

    6. The General Theory II: Behaviour and Rationality

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      Pages 247-272

    7. Political Philosophy I

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      Pages 273-294

    8. Political Philosophy II

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      Pages 295-324

    9. A Middle Way

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      Pages 325-330

    10. Looking Forward

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      Pages 331-338
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  • Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

    R. M. O’Donnell

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