Jack Birner
Biographic Data
| ID | 498351 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jack Birner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jack |
| FAMILY NAME | Birner |
| SIGNATURE | BIRNER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Trento |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Karl Popper’s The Poverty of Historicism after 60 years
Complexity and social sciences
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give an outline of the main topics of an introductory course in complexity and social sciences. Design/methodology/approach – This paper consists of a survey of the main issues and some of the classical literature for an audience with no background in philosophy of science, social philosophy, the literature on complex systems and social choice. Findings – In the didactical framework of the article, it wou…
Popper and Hayek on Reason and Tradition
Karl Popper and Friedrich von Hayek became close friends soon after they first met in the early 1930s. Ever since, they discussed their ideas intensively on many occasions. But even though an analysis of the origins and contents of their ideas and correspondence reveals a number of important and fundamental differences, they rarely criticize each other in their published work. The article analyzes in particular the different ideas they have on th…
Austrian economics and entrepreneurial studies
Hayek, Co-ordination and Evolution
Norman P. Barry, University of Buckingham Marina Bianchi, University of Rome Jack Birner, University of Limburg Lord Meghnad Desai, London School of Economics Frank van Dun, University of Limburg Harry Garretsen, University of Gronigen Roger Garrison, Auburn University Willem Keizer, Free University Amsterdam Inez Kotterman van de Vosse, University of Leiden, The Netherlands Karl Milford, University of Vienna D.P. O'Brien University of Durham Ger…
Cambridge Controversies in Capital Theory
This book explains the debate over the Cambridge controversies of the 1960s and 1970s. In a compelling and comprehensive argument, Birner discusses the main contributions to the controversy in a series of case studies. He gradually develops a methodological model of idealizations that explains both the progress of the debate and the historical iron
Two Views on Social Stability
Emil Durkheim published The Division of Labour in Society as part of his strategy to create a place for sociology as a science independent from economics. The book describes how social cohesion and cooperation evolve spontaneously in the course of the process of the division of labour. Friedrich Hayek developed a theory of markets and competition which was later extended into a theory of society, in which spontaneous evolution is a central elemen…
Hayek, Co-ordination and Evolution
Journal Article Hayek, Co-ordination and Evolution: His Legacy in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas. Get access Hayek, Co-ordination and Evolution: His Legacy in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas. Edited by Birner (Jack) and VAN Zijp (Rudy). (London and New York: Routledge, 1994. Pp. xi + 388. £45.00 hardback. ISBN 0 415 09397 X.) Bruce Caldwell Bruce Caldwell University of North Carolina-Greensboro a…
Neoclassical Economics as Mathematical Metaphysics
Mirowski affirme que l'economie neo-classique suit la physique et en imite la structure mathematique generale, et que les disciplines scientifiques se renvoient les unes aux autres suivant trois metaphores essentielles. L'A. vise a expliquer ces theses en eclairant leurs fondements, en particulier le role des mathematiques chez Mirowski
Carl Menger and the Origins of Austrian Economics
Journal Article Carl Menger and the Origins of Austrian Economics Get access Carl Menger and the Origins of Austrian Economics By Max Alter . (Boulder, San Francisco, Oxford: Westview Press, 1990. Pp. viii + 256. £39.95 hardback. ISBN 0 8133 0945 X.) Jack Birner Jack Birner University of Limburg Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 102, Issue 415, 1 November 1992, Pages 1542–1543, h…
Complexity and social sciences
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give an outline of the main topics of an introductory course in complexity and social sciences. Design/methodology/approach – This paper consists of a survey of the main issues and some of the classical literature for an audience with no background in philosophy of science, social philosophy, the literature on complex systems and social choice. Findings – In the didactical framework of the article, it wou…
Popper and Hayek on Reason and Tradition
Karl Popper and Friedrich von Hayek became close friends soon after they first met in the early 1930s. Ever since, they discussed their ideas intensively on many occasions. But even though an analysis of the origins and contents of their ideas and correspondence reveals a number of important and fundamental differences, they rarely criticize each other in their published work. The article analyzes in particular the different ideas they have on th…
Two Views on Social Stability
Emil Durkheim published The Division of Labour in Society as part of his strategy to create a place for sociology as a science independent from economics. The book describes how social cohesion and cooperation evolve spontaneously in the course of the process of the division of labour. Friedrich Hayek developed a theory of markets and competition which was later extended into a theory of society, in which spontaneous evolution is a central elemen…
Carl Menger and the Origins of Austrian Economics
Journal Article Carl Menger and the Origins of Austrian Economics Get access Carl Menger and the Origins of Austrian Economics By Max Alter . (Boulder, San Francisco, Oxford: Westview Press, 1990. Pp. viii + 256. £39.95 hardback. ISBN 0 8133 0945 X.) Jack Birner Jack Birner University of Limburg Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 102, Issue 415, 1 November 1992, Pages 1542–1543, h…
Carl Menger and the Origins of Austrian Economics
Journal Article Carl Menger and the Origins of Austrian Economics Get access Carl Menger and the Origins of Austrian Economics By Max Alter . (Boulder, San Francisco, Oxford: Westview Press, 1990. Pp. viii + 256. £39.95 hardback. ISBN 0 8133 0945 X.) Jack Birner Jack Birner University of Limburg Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 102, Issue 415, 1 November 1992, Pages 1542–1543, h…
Neoclassical Economics as Mathematical Metaphysics
Mirowski affirme que l'economie neo-classique suit la physique et en imite la structure mathematique generale, et que les disciplines scientifiques se renvoient les unes aux autres suivant trois metaphores essentielles. L'A. vise a expliquer ces theses en eclairant leurs fondements, en particulier le role des mathematiques chez Mirowski
Hayek, Co-ordination and Evolution
Journal Article Hayek, Co-ordination and Evolution: His Legacy in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas. Get access Hayek, Co-ordination and Evolution: His Legacy in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas. Edited by Birner (Jack) and VAN Zijp (Rudy). (London and New York: Routledge, 1994. Pp. xi + 388. £45.00 hardback. ISBN 0 415 09397 X.) Bruce Caldwell Bruce Caldwell University of North Carolina-Greensboro a…
Two Views on Social Stability
Emil Durkheim published The Division of Labour in Society as part of his strategy to create a place for sociology as a science independent from economics. The book describes how social cohesion and cooperation evolve spontaneously in the course of the process of the division of labour. Friedrich Hayek developed a theory of markets and competition which was later extended into a theory of society, in which spontaneous evolution is a central elemen…
Hayek, Co-ordination and Evolution
Norman P. Barry, University of Buckingham Marina Bianchi, University of Rome Jack Birner, University of Limburg Lord Meghnad Desai, London School of Economics Frank van Dun, University of Limburg Harry Garretsen, University of Gronigen Roger Garrison, Auburn University Willem Keizer, Free University Amsterdam Inez Kotterman van de Vosse, University of Leiden, The Netherlands Karl Milford, University of Vienna D.P. O'Brien University of Durham Ger…
Cambridge Controversies in Capital Theory
This book explains the debate over the Cambridge controversies of the 1960s and 1970s. In a compelling and comprehensive argument, Birner discusses the main contributions to the controversy in a series of case studies. He gradually develops a methodological model of idealizations that explains both the progress of the debate and the historical iron
Austrian economics and entrepreneurial studies
Popper and Hayek on Reason and Tradition
Karl Popper and Friedrich von Hayek became close friends soon after they first met in the early 1930s. Ever since, they discussed their ideas intensively on many occasions. But even though an analysis of the origins and contents of their ideas and correspondence reveals a number of important and fundamental differences, they rarely criticize each other in their published work. The article analyzes in particular the different ideas they have on th…
Complexity and social sciences
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give an outline of the main topics of an introductory course in complexity and social sciences. Design/methodology/approach – This paper consists of a survey of the main issues and some of the classical literature for an audience with no background in philosophy of science, social philosophy, the literature on complex systems and social choice. Findings – In the didactical framework of the article, it wou…
Karl Popper’s The Poverty of Historicism after 60 years
Economic Theory and Institutions (9 works) · Economics (6 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economic theories and models (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Neoclassical economics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)