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Volume 28, Issue 20 
Conference Announcement 
ECHE 2007 - Axiomatics in Economics: the Rise and Fall 
Location : Siena, Italy
Organizers : José Luís Cardoso, Philippe Fontaine, Robert Leonard and Carlo Zappia
Major Topics : Historical reflection upon the place of the axiomatic method in 20th century economics
Conference Dates : 10/4/2007 to 10/4/2007
Submission Deadline : 2/28/2007
Send Submissions To : zappia@unisi.it
Sponsoring Organizations : 
For further information contact : 
Web Page : http://www.econ-pol.unisi.it/eche07/
AXIOMATICS IN ECONOMICS: THE RISE AND FALL One of the most noteworthy innovations in economic 
theory in the 20th century was the field''s adoption of the axiomatic method. From the conception of individual 
rationality all the way to the representation of general equilibrium, few of the central areas of economic theory were 
left untouched by the discipline''s embrace of the axiomatic approach. It could further be argued that the place of the 
axiomatic method has followed something of a cycle over the past century, going from occupying no place at its 
beginning, to the achievement of predominance in the post-war period, and retreating to a somewhat less-assured 
position as the century drew to a close. The purpose of the present conference is to provide an occasion for broad 
historical reflection upon the rise and fall of the axiomatic method in economics, and papers dealing with any relevant 
aspect of that history are invited. Potential questions include, but are by no means limited to: - How did economics 
come to embrace the axiomatic method and how was this related to its adoption in other disciplines such as 
mathematics and physics? Were there historical or cultural determinants operating across the sciences that affected this 
process? Were other areas of the social sciences affected by this development? - How did the adoption of axiomatic 
reasoning affect the conception of the economic agent? And how did it affect the relative importance of introspection 
and empirical argument in the work of the theorist herself? What was the relationship between the prevalence of the 
axiomatic style and the later emergence of the more myopic, evolutionary agent? - Who found axiomatic economics to 
be persuasive and who not? What roles were played here by epistemological, aesthetic, political and cultural factors? - 
How did the axioms of rational choice affect the turn to experimental work in economics and psychology? And how, 
in turn, did such experimentation affect the power, and further development, of axiomatic reasoning? - How have 
heterodox approaches such as the Cambridge, Austrian and Institutionalist traditions been affected by the spread of the 
axiomatic method? Where does axiomatic economics stand at the beginning of the 21st century? The above questions 
and themes are intended to be merely suggestive, designed to stimulate original proposals dealing with the topic. The 
hope is to bring together a variety of contributions on the conference theme, allowing for two days of rich and lively 
discussion. Proposals should contain roughly 1000 words, indicating the originality of the paper and stating how it 
contributes to the conference theme. Proposals from doctoral students are welcome. The deadline for the submission 
of paper proposals is February 28, 2007. Proposals will be evaluated by mid-March, and completed papers will be due 
by July 15, 2007. Final notification will be given by the end of July. 
 
Citation: Carlo Zappia , (2007) Economics Bulletin, Vol. 28 no.20 p.A1. 
Submitted: January 09, 2007  Published: January 10, 2007. 
URL: http://www.accessecon.com/pubs/EB/2007/Volume29/EB-07CC0001A.pdf 
 
          
 
 
Volume 28, Issue 20 
Conference Announcement 
ECHE 2007 - Axiomatics in Economics: the Rise and Fall 
Location : Siena, Italy
Organizers : José Luís Cardoso, Philippe Fontaine, Robert Leonard and Carlo Zappia
Major Topics : Historical reflection upon the place of the axiomatic method in 20th century economics
Conference Dates : 10/4/2007 to 10/4/2007
Submission Deadline : 2/28/2007
Send Submissions To : zappia@unisi.it
Sponsoring Organizations : 
For further information contact : 
Web Page : http://www.econ-pol.unisi.it/eche07/
AXIOMATICS IN ECONOMICS: THE RISE AND FALL One of the most noteworthy innovations in economic 
theory in the 20th century was the field''s adoption of the axiomatic method. From the conception of individual 
rationality all the way to the representation of general equilibrium, few of the central areas of economic theory were 
left untouched by the discipline''s embrace of the axiomatic approach. It could further be argued that the place of the 
axiomatic method has followed something of a cycle over the past century, going from occupying no place at its 
beginning, to the achievement of predominance in the post-war period, and retreating to a somewhat less-assured 
position as the century drew to a close. The purpose of the present conference is to provide an occasion for broad 
historical reflection upon the rise and fall of the axiomatic method in economics, and papers dealing with any relevant 
aspect of that history are invited. Potential questions include, but are by no means limited to: - How did economics 
come to embrace the axiomatic method and how was this related to its adoption in other disciplines such as 
mathematics and physics? Were there historical or cultural determinants operating across the sciences that affected this 
process? Were other areas of the social sciences affected by this development? - How did the adoption of axiomatic 
reasoning affect the conception of the economic agent? And how did it affect the relative importance of introspection 
and empirical argument in the work of the theorist herself? What was the relationship between the prevalence of the 
axiomatic style and the later emergence of the more myopic, evolutionary agent? - Who found axiomatic economics to 
be persuasive and who not? What roles were played here by epistemological, aesthetic, political and cultural factors? - 
How did the axioms of rational choice affect the turn to experimental work in economics and psychology? And how, 
in turn, did such experimentation affect the power, and further development, of axiomatic reasoning? - How have 
heterodox approaches such as the Cambridge, Austrian and Institutionalist traditions been affected by the spread of the 
axiomatic method? Where does axiomatic economics stand at the beginning of the 21st century? The above questions 
and themes are intended to be merely suggestive, designed to stimulate original proposals dealing with the topic. The 
hope is to bring together a variety of contributions on the conference theme, allowing for two days of rich and lively 
discussion. Proposals should contain roughly 1000 words, indicating the originality of the paper and stating how it 
contributes to the conference theme. Proposals from doctoral students are welcome. The deadline for the submission 
of paper proposals is February 28, 2007. Proposals will be evaluated by mid-March, and completed papers will be due 
by July 15, 2007. Final notification will be given by the end of July. 
 
Citation: Carlo Zappia , (2007) Economics Bulletin, Vol. 28 no.20 p.A1. 
Submitted: January 09, 2007  Published: January 10, 2007. 
URL: http://www.accessecon.com/pubs/EB/2007/Volume29/EB-07CC0001A.pdf 
 
     

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