Announcement
Throughout
the history of economics, its boundaries have shown themselves to
be multiple, unstable, and permeable. Thus, innovation and practice
in economics have been shaped by images, concepts, and methods adopted
from other fields of inquiry. Recent work has begun to emphasize
the importance of the natural sciences, and the list can be extended
to embrace mathematics, psychology, engineering, and other sciences.
By the same token, images and concepts from economics have helped
configure thinking and practice in a plethora of 'non-economic'
fields. A case in point is the theory of natural selection, where
Darwin read Malthus, but other areas also spring to mind, such as
history, sociology, philosophy of science, linguistics, literary
criticism, and law.
In
many cases fruitful exchanges have been made, resulting in the development
of new subdisciplines in economics (e.g. 'law and economics') or
in joint efforts to create entirely new disciplines (e.g. game theory).
Yet the relationships have not always been friendly; more than once
economists have been accused of 'imperialism', of attempts to invade
the territory of neighbouring social sciences. In addition, there
have been complaints that economists in general are not well aware
of what is going on in other disciplines, whereas economists sometimes
accuse non-economists of a lack of economic knowledge, tendencies
reinforced by an ever-increasing specialization.
The
links between economics and other areas of inquiry have been drawn
by real people, thinking and acting in particular historical contexts.
For this conference, we invite papers which will shed historical
light on the to-ing and fro-ing at the boundaries between economics
and other disciplines. Preference will be given to original accounts,
based on detailed archival or other research, aimed at yielding
rich, sophisticated, understandings.
To
participate, please submit a proposal, containing roughly 1000 words
and indicating clearly:
(1) the original contribution of the paper;
(2) in what sense the paper contributes to the theme of the conference.
The deadline for the submission of paper proposals is August 15,
1997. Notice of acceptance/rejection will be sent on September 15,
1997. Completed papers will be due on February 15, 1998.
Programme
THURSDAY,
April 23rd
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4:00-6:00
pm
Registration
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FRIDAY,
April 24th
8:30-8:40
am
Welcome by Carl REYNS, Rector of UFSIA |
8:40-8:45
am
Introduction to the Conference, by Guido ERREYGERS (UFSIA) |
8:45-10:00
am
Invited Lecture: Bruna INGRAO (Università di Roma
'La Sapienza')
"Economic life in 19th century novels. What economists
might learn from literature"
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10:00-10:30
am
Coffee Break |
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10:30-12:30
am
Sessions 1A and 1B
Session
1A: The German Historical School
Chair: Wilfried PARYS (UFSIA, University of Antwerp)
1. Peter ROSNER (Vienna University): "Economics and history
- the German alliance"
Discussant: Silke R. STAHL (Max Planck Institute for Research
into Economic Systems, Jena)
2. António ALMODOVAR, Fátima BRANDÃO
and Rui Pedro ESTEVES (Faculdade de Economia do Porto): "The
truth is out there: the economics of Gustav von Schmoller"
Discussant: A.M.C. WATERMAN (St. John's College, Winnipeg
& Robinson College, Cambridge)
Session
1B: Interdisciplinary Dialogues
Chair: Walter VAN TRIER (HIVA, Catholic University of Louvain)
1. Mauro BOIANOVSKY (Universidade de Brasilia): "Economists
as demographers: Wicksell and Pareto on population"
Discussant: Albert JOLINK (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
2. Timo TAMMI (University of Joensuu, Finland): "Psychologists
in economists' works: the Bernoulli-choice experiment and
the early separation of experimental economics from experimental
psychology"
Discussant: Robert LEONARD (University of Québec at
Montréal)
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11:30-1:00
pm
Sessions 2A and 2B
Session
2A: Institutional Economics
Chair: Terrence McDONOUGH (National University of Ireland
- Galway)
1. Alan W. DYER (Northeastern University, Boston): "The
estrangement of economics: Thorstein Veblen and the struggle
for intellectual intimacy"
Discussant: Walter VAN TRIER (HIVA, Catholic University of
Louvain)
2. Olav VELTHUIS (Erasmus University Rotterdam): "Sociological
arguments in (new) economic sociology and (neo) institutional
economics"
Discussant: Arnold WILTS (Max Planck Institute for the Study
of Societies, Köln)
Session
2B: Economic Imperialism
Chair: Toon VANDEVELDE (Catholic University of Louvain)
1. Jack VROMEN (Erasmus University Rotterdam & University
of Amsterdam): "Game theory as the apex of economic imperialism?"
Discussant: Esther-Mirjam SENT (University of Notre Dame)
2. Philippe FONTAINE (École normale supérieure
de Cachan): "Trouble in paradise: altruism in psychology,
economics, and the other social sciences, 1968-1998"
Discussant: Kris KERSTENS (Université Catholique de
Lille)
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4:00-4:30
pm
Coffee Break |
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3:00-4:30
pm
Sessions 3A and 3B
Session
3A: Herbert Alexander Simon
Chair: Timo TAMMI (University of Joensuu, Finland)
1. Esther-Mirjam SENT (University of Notre Dame): "A
Simon who is not simple"
Discussant: Mary MORGAN (University of Amsterdam)
2. Victor VIEIRA DA SILVA (Centre Auguste et Léon Walras,
Lyon): "Organizations as imperfectly adapted organisms:
the Simonian organization theory revisited"
Discussant: Jack VROMEN (Erasmus University Rotterdam &
University of Amsterdam)
Session
3B: Economics and Christianity
Chair: Peter ROSNER (Vienna University)
1. A.M.C. WATERMAN (St. John's College, Winnipeg & Robinson
College, Cambridge): "The beginning of 'boundaries':
the sudden separation of economics from Christian theology"
Discussant: Terrence McDONOUGH (National University of Ireland
- Galway)
2. John CUNLIFFE (University of Central England) and Guido
ERREYGERS (University of Antwerp): "Moral philosophy
and economics: the formation of François Huet's theory
of property rights"
Discussant: Willem KEIZER (Free University of Amsterdam)
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8:00
pm
Conference Dinner |
SATURDAY,
April 25th
8:39-10:00
am
Ph.D. Students Session
Chair: E. Roy WEINTRAUB (Duke University)
1. Flavio V. COMIM (St. Edmund's College, Cambridge): "Jevons
and Wicksteed: crossing borders in the history of economics"
2. Silke R. STAHL (Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic
Systems, Jena): "Historical economics in the history of
economics. Implications for a modern evolutionary theory"
3. David TEIRA SERRANO (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a
Distancia, Madrid): "Knight and Friedman on knowledge and
chance: a perspective from 19th century agnosticism"
4. Pedro Nuno TEIXEIRA (University of Porto): "The emergence
of a new economic branch: the economics of education (1960-1995)"
Discussant: José Luis CARDOSO (Universidade Técnica
de Lisboa)
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10:00-10:30
am
Coffee Break |
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10:30-12:30
am
Sessions 4A and 4B
Session
4A: William Stanley Jevons
Chair: Philippe FONTAINE (École normale supérieure
de Cachan)
1. Bert MOSSELMANS (Free University of Brussels): "William
Stanley Jevons and the extent of meaning in logic and economics"
Discussant: Flavio V. COMIM (St. Edmund's College, Cambridge)
2. Harro MAAS (University of Amsterdam): "Babbage, Jevons,
and the machinery of the mind"
Discussant: Salim RASHID (University of Illinois)
Session
4B: Otto Neurath
Chair: Mauro BOIANOVSKY (Universidade de Brasilia)
1. Robert LEONARD (University of Québec at Montréal):
"'Seeing is believing'. Otto Neurath, graphic art and
the social order"
Discussant: Peter ROSNER (Vienna University)
2. Albert JOLINK (Erasmus University Rotterdam): "Dissolving
borders: Tinbergen and the unified sciences"
Discussant: Francisco LOUÇÃ (Universidade Técnica
de Lisboa)
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11:30-1:00
pm
Sessions 5A and 5B
Session
5A: Engineers, Entropy and Economics
Chair: Esther-Mirjam SENT (University of Notre Dame)
1. Salim RASHID (University of Illinois): "Engineering
and economics: similarities and contrasts"
Discussant: Philippe FONTAINE (École normale supérieure
de Cachan)
2. Claudia ROTONDI (Università Cattolica del S. Cuore,
Milano): "Competition and economic temperature: the entropy
law in Emanuele Sella's work"
Discussant: Thomas VAN GENECHTEN (Catholic University of Louvain)
Session
5B: Philosophy, Sociology and Economics
Chair: Albert JOLINK (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
1. Rainer KLUMP (University of Ulm): "On the phenomenological
roots of German 'Ordnungstheorie': what Eucken owes to Husserl"
Discussant: Peter REYNAERT (UFSIA, University of Antwerp)
2. Philippe STEINER (Université Paris IX & École
normale supérieure de Fontenay): "New economic
sociology, structural analysis, and economic theory"
Discussant: Alan DYER (Northeastern University, Boston)
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4:00-4:30
pm
Coffee Break |
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3:00-4:30
pm
Sessions 6A and 6B
Session
6A: Mathematics, Physics and Economics
Chair: Robert LEONARD (University of Québec at Montréal)
1. Ted GAYER (Georgetown University) and E. Roy WEINTRAUB
(Duke University): "Negotiating at the boundary: Patinkin
versus Phipps"
Discussants: Luc VAN LIEDEKERKE (UFSIA, University of Antwerp)
& Luc LAUWERS (Catholic University of Louvain)
2. Francisco LOUÇÃ (Universidade Técnica
de Lisboa): "Swinging all the way: pendula in the history
of economics"
Discussant: Mauro BOIANOVSKY (Universidade de Brasilia)
Session
6B: National Traditions in Economics
Chair: José Luis CARDOSO (Universidade Técnica
de Lisboa)
1. Terrence McDONOUGH (National University of Ireland - Galway)
and Eamonn SLATER (National University of Ireland - Maynooth):
"New furrows: the impact of the famine on Irish political
economy"
Discussant: John CUNLIFFE (University of Central England)
2. Arnold WILTS (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies,
Köln): "Disciplinary developments in Dutch economics
(1930-1960) and the emergence of the Dutch welfare state"
Discussant: Evert SCHOORL (University of Groningen)
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List
of participants
| A.M.C.
WATERMAN (ROBINSON COLLEGE) |
| Alan
W. DYER (NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY) |
| Albert
JOLINK (ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM) |
| Antonio
ALMODOVAR (PORTO UNIVERSITY) |
| Arnold
WILTS (MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT) |
| Bart
VERHAEGHE (VUB) |
| Bert
MOSSELMANS (FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS) |
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Bruna
INGRAO (UNIVERSITA DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA")
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| Claudia
ROTONDI (UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL S. CUORE CRANEC) |
| David
TEIRA SERRANO (UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACION A DISTANCIA) |
| E.
Roy WEINTRAUB (DUKE UNIVERSITY) |
| Esther-Mirjam
SENT (UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME) |
| Evert
SCHOORL (RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN) |
| Flavio
COMIM (UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE) |
| Francisco
LOUCA (UNIVERSIDADE TECNICA DE LISBOA) |
| Frans
BUELENS (RUCA - UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP) |
| Gorka
ATIENZA URCELAY (UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN) |
| Guido
ERREYGERS (UFSIA - SESO (University of Antwerp)) |
| Harro
MAAS (UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM) |
| Inge
LAMBRECHTS (KU BRUSSEL) |
| Ivo
MAES (NATIONAL BANK OF BELGIUM) |
| Jack
VROMEN (ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM) |
| Jan
VAN DAAL (ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM) |
| John
CUNLIFFE (UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ENGLAND) |
| John
VINT (MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY) |
| José-Luis
CARDOSO (TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LISBOA) |
| Julien
VAN DEN BROECK (RUCA) |
| Kris
KERSTENS (LABORES Université Catholique de Lille) |
| Kunio
NAKAKUBO (HIMEJI-DOKKYO UNIVERSITY) |
| Lies
WILLEMS (UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP - UFSIA) |
| Luc
LAUWERS (CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN) |
| Luc
VAN LIEDEKERKE (UFSIA - CENTRUM VOOR ETHIEK) |
| Maria
de Fatima BRANDAO (PORTO UNIVERSITY) |
| Mark
FAVRIL |
| Mary
MORGAN (UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM) |
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Mauro
BOIANOVSKY (UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA)
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| Michel
DE VROEY (UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN) |
| Mikhalis
PSALIDOPOULOS (PANTEION UNIVERSITY) |
| Niels
KAERGARD (THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY) |
| Olav
VELTHUIS (ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM) |
| Pedro
ESTEVES (PORTO UNIVERSITY) |
| Pedro
Nuno TEIXEIRA (UNIVERSITY OF PORTO) |
| Peter
REYNAERT (UFSIA - SESO (University of Antwerp)) |
| Peter
ROSNER (VIENNA UNIVERSITY) |
| Peter-Wim
ZUIDHOF (ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM) |
| Philippe
FONTAINE (ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE CACHAN) |
| Philippe
STEINER (ENS SAINT-CLOUD) |
| Rainer
KLUMP (UNIVERSITÄT ULM) |
| Robert
LEONARD (UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC AT MONTREAL - UQAM) |
| Salim
RASHID (UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS) |
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Silke
STAHL (MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT)
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| Terence
McDONOUGH (NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND - GALWAY) |
| Thomas
VANGENECHTEN (CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN) |
| Timo
TAMMI (UNIVERSITY OF JOENSUU) |
| Tom
SCHATTEMAN (UFSIA - SESO (University of Antwerp)) |
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Toon
VANDEVELDE (CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN)
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| Victor
VIERA DA SILVA (UNIVERSITE LYON 2) |
| Walter
VAN TRIER (CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN) |
| Wilfried
PARYS m(UFSIA - UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP) |
| Willem
KEIZER (FREE UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM) |
Organising
Committee
José
Luis Cardoso (Technical University, Lisbon)
Guido Erreygers (Ufsia, University of Antwerp)
Philippe Fontaine (Université des Antilles, Guyane)
Albert Jolink (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)
Robert Leonard (University of Quebec, Montréal)
Michalis Psalidopoulos (Panteion University, Athens)
Publications
A selection
of papers presented at this conference was published in:
Erreygers, Guido (ed.), 2000. Economics and Interdisciplinary
Exchange. London and New York: Routledge.
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