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9780873327602

Economics, Philosophy and Physics

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    9780873327602

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    0873327608

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1992-03-31
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Table of Contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Classical Greek World View
Philosophy
Science
Economics
The World View of Saint Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas's Philosophy
The Scholastic Approach to Science
St. Thomas's Economics
The Disintegration of the Medieval World View
Newtonian Physics, Philosophy, and Economicsp. 3
Newton's Grand Synthesisp. 6
Newton's Influence on the Enlightenmentp. 10
The Newtonian Heritage of Contemporary Economicsp. 14
Reductionismp. 14
Linearityp. 17
Deterministic Prediction and Newtonian Absolute Timep. 27
The Romantic Protest against the Newtonian Mechanistic World Viewp. 41
Romanticism and Philosophyp. 42
Romanticism and Sciencep. 44
Romanticism and Economicsp. 47
Thermodynamics and the Newtonian World Viewp. 55
The Second Law of Thermodynamicsp. 55
Thermodynamics and Economicsp. 58
Thermodynamics and Philosophyp. 60
Relativity, Philosophy, and Economicsp. 67
Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity (1905)p. 70
The General Theory of Relativity (1915)p. 76
Philosophical Consequences of Relativity Theoryp. 77
Relativity and Economicsp. 80
Quantum Mechanics, Philosophy, and Economicsp. 85
Main Features of Quantum Mechanicsp. 87
The Inherent Wholeness of Atomic Processp. 88
The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanicsp. 92
The Post-Copenhagen-Interpretation Synthesisp. 96
Quantum Mechanics and Economicsp. 103
Quantum Mechanics and Philosophyp. 104
Chaos Theory, Philosophy, and Economicsp. 113
From Laplacian Determinism to Fundamental Uncertaintyp. 114
Fractals, and Fractals and Chaosp. 119
Chaos and Philosophyp. 124
Chaos and Economicsp. 129
The Revolutions in Physics and the Future of Economicsp. 133
Bibliographyp. 155
Indexp. 162
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