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| Objectivism: Husserl used the term "objectivism" to refer to a philosophical position that takes the objects of our experience as given and real, independent of our minds. He was critical of objectivism, arguing that it ignores the essential role of consciousness in our experience of the world. See also E. Husserl._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Wassily Leontief on Objectivism - Dictionary of Arguments
Kurz I 20 Objectivism/Sraffa/Kurz: As [Sraffa’s] unpublished papers document in great detail, there were several stumbling blocks he had to remove on the way to developing a coherent theory of value and distribution exclusively in objectivist terms (quantities of materials, labour, etc.). These included, inter alia, the problems of how to deal with (i) durable instruments of production, (ii) scarce natural resources, such as land, and (iii) joint production. >Objectivism/Economic theories. Physical concepts were widely discussed by economists in the late nineteenth and at the beginning of the twentieth century. Economists thus responded to developments in the sciences, especially John Dalton’s elaboration of the ‘atomic theory’ in chemistry. This theory was based on two laws: (i) the Law of the conservation of mass; and (ii) the Law of definite proportions. The latter stated that in a given chemical compound, the elements are always combined in the same proportion by mass. The first Law met largely with approval amongst economists which, however, did not necessarily mean much. More surprisingly, even the second Law appealed to some economists. It was discussed, for example, by Pantaleoni (1894, pp. 99 et seq.)(1), whose work Sraffa had meticulously studied while still in Italy. SraffaVsPantaleoni: [Sraffa] insisted that the Law does not carry over from chemistry to economics essentially for two reasons. First, workers can subsist in different ways and yet produce the same kind of commodity. (Similarly, they can subsist in the same way and yet produce different kinds of commodities.) Second, one and the same commodity can be produced using different methods of production which request the productive consumption of different means of production. >Production theory/Sraffa. 1. Pantaleoni, M. (1894) Principii di economia pura, 2nd edn (Firenze: Barbera). Heinz D. Kurz and Neri Salvadori 2015. „Input–output analysis from a wider perspective. A comparison of the early works of Leontief and Sraffa“. In: Kurz, Heinz; Salvadori, Neri 2015. Revisiting Classical Economics: Studies in Long-Period Analysis (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics). London, UK: Routledge._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Leontief I Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief Die Wirtschaft als Kreislauf, Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik, 60, pp. 577–623. 1928 Kurz I Heinz D. Kurz Neri Salvadori Revisiting Classical Economics: Studies in Long-Period Analysis (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics). Routledge. London 2015 |
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