In the 1870s and 1880s, the scientist, logician, and pragmatist philosopher Charles S. Peirce possessed an advanced knowledge of mathematical economics, having mastered and criticized Cournot as early as 1871. In 1884 he engaged in a multi-round debate with the editors of The Nation over the...

Systemtheoretische Ansätze für die Untersuchung von Fragestellungen mit einer großen Anzahl von miteinander in Beziehung stehenden Einflussgrößen oder Variablen werden vorgestellt. Diese dergestalt verknüpften Größen werden auch als Netzwerke bezeichnet. Fokussiert wird auf die...

Before the use of mathematics in economics was generalized, mathematical and nonmathematically trained economist lived together. This paper studies this period of cohabitation. By focusing on the communication challenges between these two groups during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, a watershed...