On Ricardo's Method
The Scottish Connection Considered
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4296922 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christophe Depoortère (0000-0002-9141-8415, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-110 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2702 • E-ISSN: 1527-1919 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00182702-2007-047 |
| OpenAlex | W1968456928 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 31 |
Historians of economic thought who try to connect Ricardo's method with a philosophy generally focus on associationism and pay no attention to Dugald Stewart's influence. In point of fact, Ricardo's method can be connected with Stewart's teaching through his connection with James Mill and Francis Horner. Moreover, the difference between practical and scientific knowledge which is, according Stewart, a difference in the use of abstraction, coincides with Ricardo's distinction between questions of facts and of principles. This connection, which appears in Ricardo's work, brings into question the common view of Ricardo's method as a hypothetical one and leads to consider the role of abstraction as a crucial one
Abstraction · Connection (principal bundle · Economics · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Geometry · Mathematical economics · Mill · Physics · Point (geometry · Positive economics · Sociology · Work (physics · Economic Theory and Institutions · Engineering · Historical Economic and Legal Thought · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Theory and Influence
The Scottish Philosophy
La formation du radicalisme philosophique II
The Methodological Heritage of Newton
That Noble Science of Politics
Economics And Religion
Reflections on the Classical Canon in Economics
Revolution, Economics and Religion
The Life and Economics of David Ricardo
La recension du paper credit par Francis Horner
The Economic Writings of Francis Horner in the Edinburgh Review 1802-6
Nouveaux principes d'économie politique ou de la richesse dans ses rapports avec la population
The Politics of the Bullion Report
Some Questions about Ricardo
The Empirical Content and Longevity of Ricardian Economics
An Introductory Lecture on Political Economy
Ricardo's Ingot Plan
Thomas Reid and ‘The Way of Ideas
The Unitarian Connection and Ricardo's Scientific Style
Political Economy and Geology in the Early Nineteenth Century
Richard Whately and Christian Political Economy at Oxford and Dublin
Richard Whately on the Nature of Human Knowledge in Relation to Ideas of His Contemporaries
On Ricardo's Method
Malthus and Ricardo on Economic Methodology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |