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Historical Epistemology of Ecological Economics

Essays on the Styles of Economic Reasoning

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Authors:
  1. Alberto Fragio

    1. Department of Humanities, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Unidad Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, Mexico

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  • Evaluates the development of ecological economics through historical epistemology
  • Applies Hans Blumenberg’s metaphorology to the history of ecological economics
  • Debates the decline of the historical style of economic reasoning with reference to Schumpeter

Part of the book series: Contributions to Economics (CE)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Styles of Scientific Reasoning as Historiographical Metaphor: A Reply to Martin Kusch

    • Alberto Fragio
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Myth of the Framework and the Modes of Thought in Economics

    • Alberto Fragio
    Pages 11-35

  4. Historical Epistemology of Ecological Economics and Styles of Economic Reasoning

    • Alberto Fragio
    Pages 37-52

  5. The Crisis of the Historical Style of Economic Reasoning: Joseph A. Schumpeter, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, and Paul A. Samuelson

    • Alberto Fragio
    Pages 53-68

  6. Fundamental Disagreements in the Origin of Ecological Economics

    • Alberto Fragio
    Pages 69-97

  7. Environmental Metaphors of Scarcity

    • Alberto Fragio
    Pages 99-111

  8. The Two Chief Epistemic Styles of Mathematical Ecology

    • Alberto Fragio
    Pages 113-122

  9. Classical Historical Epistemology in Retrospect: A Review Essay

    • Alberto Fragio
    Pages 123-139
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About this book

This volume uses historical epistemology in order to address several topics in the history of economic thought, with special emphasis on ecological economics, environmental metaphors of scarcity, and mathematical ecology. Using the field of ecological economics as an anchor point, the author reflects on the styles of reasoning in economics with a view towards understanding the nature of disagreement that stems from a failure of communication between rival approaches in economics. A thorough inquiry into issues related to identity, coherence, pluralism, and reception, this volume will appeal to researchers and students interested in history of economic thought, ecological economics, and philosophy of the sciences.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Humanities, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Unidad Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, Mexico

    Alberto Fragio

About the author

Alberto Fragio is full professor in the Department of Humanities at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Cuajimalpa, Mexico City. He earned his PhD in Philosophy (2007) from the Universidad Autonoma of Madrid (Spain), and in Cultural Sciences (2011) from Scuola Internazionale di Alti Studi di Modena (Italy). He was holder of a Swiss Government Scholarship at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich – Chair for Science Studies (Switzerland), and a Gerda Henkel Stiftung postdoctoral fellowship (Marie Curie Fellowship – M4HUMAN programme) at the Institut für Medizingeschichte und Wissenschaftsforschung der Universität zu Lübeck(Germany). He has been Visiting Scholar in the Department of History of Science at Harvard University (USA), in the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach (Germany), or the Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales del CSIC (Spain), among other institutions. He is a member of the Zentrum für Kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung (ZKFL Lübeck), and the research groupon “Historical Epistemology and History of Experience” at Spanish National Research Council CSIC (Madrid).  

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