Páez, Nestor Rubiano - In: Revista de Economía Institucional 11 (2009) January-June, pp. 271-286
The basis of this essay, which analyzes the use of mathematics in economics, is the supposed dilemma between axiomatics and empiricism. The proponents of formalist axiomatics hold that economic phenomena should be explored and expressed with the language of mathematics, because mathematics is a...