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The two paths of the mathematization of the social and economic sciences (1993)

Israel, Giorgio (Author)

Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Volume: 30
Pages: 27-78

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Description “The aim of this paper is to show that two ways were open for the mathematization of social and economic sciences at the end of the 18th century. The first way was to follow the tradition of the arithmétique politique which was conveyed by Condorcet in the programme of the mathématique sociale: in this approach the calculus of probability had a central role. The other way was to imitate more strictly the analytical-deterministic approach and the mathematical methods of mathematical physics and mechanics. We emphasize here the strong paradigmatic aspects which led to the final success of the second approach and we provide the historical elements explaining this development. We describe also the decline of the tradition of the arithmétique politique and the causes of this decline. Special attention is devoted to the work of the last arithméticien politicien, E.-E. Duvillard de Durand. The Appendix provides a detailed biography of Duvillard and other unpublished materials.”

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