Economics, philosophy, and physics /
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| Author / Creator: | Hsieh, Ching-Yao, 1917- |
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| Imprint: | Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1991. |
| Description: | xxxvii, 169 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1317918 |
Table of Contents:
- 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
- Ch. 1. Newtonian Physics, Philosophy, and Economics. Newton's Grand Synthesis. Newton's Influence on the Enlightenment. The Newtonian Heritage of Contemporary Economics. Reductionism. Linearity. Deterministic Prediction and Newtonian Absolute Time
- Ch. 2. The Romantic Protest against the Newtonian Mechanistic World View. Romanticism and Philosophy. Romanticism and Science. Romanticism and Economics
- Ch. 3. Thermodynamics and the Newtonian World View. The Second Law of Thermodynamics. Thermodynamics and Economics. Thermodynamics and Philosophy
- Ch. 4. Relativity, Philosophy, and Economics. Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity (1905). The General Theory of Relativity (1915). Philosophical Consequences of Relativity Theory. Relativity and Economics
- Ch. 5. Quantum Mechanics, Philosophy, and Economics. Main Features of Quantum Mechanics. The Inherent Wholeness of Atomic Process. The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. The Post-Copenhagen-Interpretation Synthesis. Quantum Mechanics and Economics. Quantum Mechanics and Philosophy
- Ch. 6. Chaos Theory, Philosophy, and Economics. From Laplacian Determinism to Fundamental Uncertainty. Fractals, and Fractals and Chaos. Chaos and Philosophy. Chaos and Economics
- Ch. 7. The Revolutions in Physics and the Future of Economics.