Sraffa, Wittgenstein and Neoclassical Economics

Authors

John B. Davis, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

8 p.

Publication Date

3-1988

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Source Publication

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Source ISSN

0309-166X

Abstract

Discusses the influence of economist Piero Sraffa on the development of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy. Principal tenets of logical atomism related to the philosophical positions implicit in Sraffa's discussions; Wittgenstein's reliance on the correspondence theory of truth.

Comments

Accepted version.Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 12, No. 1 (March 1988): 29-36. DOI.© Oxford University Press 1988. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Davis, John B., "Sraffa, Wittgenstein and Neoclassical Economics" (1988). Economics Faculty Research and Publications. 271.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/econ_fac/271