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Abstract
C. S. Peirce had a keen interest in the most mathematical economics of his era. We know that Peirce read and wrote about the mathematical economics of Cournot and Jevons and at least mentions the names of Ricardo, Marshall, and Walras. Peirce also provided a mathematical, optimizing model of the insurance firm as his most elaborate example of pragmatism in the Harvard Lectures of 1903. What is significant is that Peirce chose economic examples to illustrate what is really a semiotic and mathematical conception of pragmatism. Diagrams and semiotics play a central role in Peirce’s philosophy of mathematics. Just a few years ago, Carsten Herrmann-Pillath authored a long treatise on evolutionary economics with Peirce’s semiotics as a central aspect of that work. Additionally, Herrmann-Pillath makes significant use of diagrams and equations from various scientific disciplines. Diagrams are a central feature of Herrmann-Pillath’s treatise giving it something of a Peircean, qualitative mathematical character. These similarities and differences between Peirce and Herrmann-Pillath on semiotics, economics, mathematics, and evolutionary processes are quite novel and thus of intrinsic interest.
Résumé
C. S. Peirce avait un vif intérêt pour l’économie la plus mathématique de son époque. Nous savons que Peirce a lu et écrit sur l’économie mathématique de Cournot et Jevons et mentionne au moins les noms de Ricardo, Marshall et Walras. Peirce a également fourni un modèle mathématique et optimisant de la compagnie d’assurance comme son exemple le plus élaboré de pragmatisme dans les conférences de Harvard de 1903. Ce qui est significatif, c’est que Peirce a choisi des exemples économiques pour illustrer ce qui est vraiment une conception sémiotique et mathématique du pragmatisme. Les diagrammes et la sémiotique jouent un rôle central dans la philosophie des mathématiques de Peirce. Il y a quelques années à peine, Carsten Herrmann-Pillath a écrit un long traité sur l’économie évolutionniste avec la sémiotique de Peirce comme aspect central de ce travail. De plus, Herrmann-Pillath utilise de manière significative des diagrammes et des équations de diverses disciplines scientifiques. Les diagrammes sont une caractéristique centrale du traité de Herrmann-Pillath, ce qui lui confère un caractère mathématique qualitatif de Peircean. Ces similitudes et différences entre Peirce et Herrmann-Pillath sur la sémiotique, l’économie, les mathématiques et les processus évolutifs sont assez nouvelles et donc d’un intérêt intrinsèque.
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