Yee, Adrian K. (2023) Edgeworth’s Mathematization of Social Well-Being. [Preprint]
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Francis Ysidro Edgeworth’s unduly neglected monograph New and Old Methods of Ethics (1877) advances a highly sophisticated and mathematized account of social well-being in the utilitarian tradition of his 19th-century contemporaries. This article illustrates how his usage of the ‘calculus of variations’ was combined with findings from empirical psychology and economic theory to construct a consequentialist axiological framework. A conclusion is drawn that Edgeworth is a methodological predecessor to several important methods, ideas, and issues that continue to be discussed in contemporary social well-being studies.
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| Additional Information: | Forthcoming in Studies in History & Philosophy of Science | ||||||
| Keywords: | well-being, philosophy of economics, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, value theory, history of 19th-century philosophy, 19th-century economic thought, history of economics, philosophy of measurement | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Applicability Specific Sciences > Mathematics > History of Philosophy Specific Sciences > Economics Specific Sciences > Mathematics Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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| Depositing User: | Adrian K. Yee | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 08 Nov 2023 18:36 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2023 18:36 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 22746 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Applicability Specific Sciences > Mathematics > History of Philosophy Specific Sciences > Economics Specific Sciences > Mathematics Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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| Date: | 9 November 2023 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22746 |
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