Overview
- Argues that Pigou falls within the tradition of Marshallian economics
- Examines the impact of Ludwik Fleck's sociology of science on the development of Pigou’s philosophy
- Questions whether Pigou deviated from the Marshallian approach to economics in his mathematical The Theory of Employment
- Clarifies his vision of the role of economics in society and the role of mathematics in economics
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought (PHET)
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This book provides a study of the forces underlying the development of economic thought at Cambridge University during the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. The primary lens it uses to do so is an examination of how Arthur Cecil Pigou’s thinking, heavily influenced by his predecessor, Alfred Marshall, evolved.
Aspects of Pigou’s context, biography and philosophical grounding are reconstructed and then situated within the framework of Ludwik Fleck’s philosophy of scientific knowledge, most notably by drawing on the notions of ‘thought styles’ and ‘thought collectives’. In this way, Knight provides a novel contribution to the history of Pigou's economic thought.
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Keywords
- Arthur Cecil Pigou
- Alfred Marshall
- Marshallian tradition
- History of economic thought
- History of philosophy
- Welfare economics
- Sociology of science
- The Theory of Unemployment
- Cambridge economics
- Ethical-philosophical theory
- A.C. Pigou’s economic thought
- Pigou and mathematics
- History of mathematics
- Marshallian Thought Style
- Ludwik Fleck
- Thought styles
- Thought collectives
Table of contents (7 chapters)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Karen Lovejoy Knight is Economics Tutor and Sessional Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame, Western Australia and Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. She is also a business consultant and independent researcher. Her research interests lie in the history of economic thought, economic history, political economy, the sociology of scientific knowledge and philosophy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A.C. Pigou and the 'Marshallian' Thought Style
Book Subtitle: A Study in the Philosophy and Mathematics Underlying Cambridge Economics
Authors: Karen Lovejoy Knight
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01018-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-01017-1Published: 12 January 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40515-1Published: 18 February 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-01018-8Published: 29 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2662-6578
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6586
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 316
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Economic Thought/Methodology, History of Philosophy, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Economic History