IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/prs/caecpo/cep_0154-8344_2001_num_38_1_1307.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

L'épistémologie de Keynes et "l'hypothèse Wittgenstein" : La cohérence logique de la Théorie Générale de l'emploi, de l'intérêt et de la monnaie

Author

Listed:
  • Christophe Lavialle

Abstract

[eng] A rereading of the so-called "Wittgenstein Assumption" (Favereau, 1985) in the light of the evolution of the philosophical thought of Wittgenstein himself leads us to propose a reinterpretation of the "pragmatic nature" of the epistemology of the General Theory ; thence to underline the complete coherence of this book, based on Wittgenstein's idea of "therapeutic" formal logic. [fre] Une relecture de "l'hypothèse Wittgenstein" avancée par Favereau (1985), menée à partir d'un rappel succinct de l'évolution de la pensée philosophique de Wittgenstein lui-même, nous conduit, (1) à proposer une réinterprétation de la nature "pragmatique" de l'épistémologie de la "Théorie Générale" de Keynes. Cette réinterprétation nous autorise à son tour, (2) à souligner toute la cohérence de cet ouvrage, cohérence qui s'organise autour de ce que nous désignons comme sa logique thérapeutique, au sens de Wittgenstein.

Suggested Citation

  • Christophe Lavialle, 2001. "L'épistémologie de Keynes et "l'hypothèse Wittgenstein" : La cohérence logique de la Théorie Générale de l'emploi, de l'intérêt et de la monnaie," Cahiers d'Économie Politique, Programme National Persée, vol. 38(1), pages 25-64.
    • Handle: RePEc:prs:caecpo:cep_0154-8344_2001_num_38_1_1307
    DOI: 10.3406/cep.2001.1307
    Note: DOI:10.3406/cep.2001.1307
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.3406/cep.2001.1307
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.persee.fr/doc/cep_0154-8344_2001_num_38_1_1307
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.3406/cep.2001.1307?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Moggridge, D E, 1992. "The," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 6(3), pages 207-209, Summer.
    2. Bateman, Bradley W, 1988. "G. E. Moore and J. M. Keynes: A Missing Chapter in the History of the Expected Utility Model," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 78(5), pages 1098-1106, December.
    3. R. M. O’Donnell, 1989. "Keynes: Philosophy, Economics and Politics," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-349-07027-5, December.
    4. J. B. Davis, 1989. "Keynes and Organicism," Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(2), pages 308-315, December.
    5. J. M. Keynes, 1937. "The General Theory of Employment," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 51(2), pages 209-223.
    6. Michel De Vroey, 1997. "Involuntary unemployment: the missing piece in Keynes's General Theory," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(2), pages 258-283.
    7. Davis,John B., 2008. "Keynes's Philosophical Development," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521065511, October.
    8. Henry E. Kyburg, Jr., 1995. "Keynes as a Philosopher," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 27(5), pages 7-32, Supplemen.
    9. Michel De Vroey, 1997. "Le concept de chômage involontaire : de Keynes aux nouveaux keynésiens," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 48(6), pages 1381-1408.
    10. Bateman, Bradley W., 1987. "Keynes's Changing Conception of Probability," Economics and Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(1), pages 97-119, April.
    11. J. B. Davis, 1990. "Keynes and Organicism," Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, M.E. Sharpe, Inc., vol. 12(2), pages 308-315, January.
    12. Davis, John B, 1991. "Keynes's Critiques of Moore: Philosophical Foundations of Keynes's Economics," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 15(1), pages 61-77, March.
    13. Davis, John B, 1989. "Keynes on Atomism and Organicism," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 99(398), pages 1159-1172, December.
    14. Bradley W. Bateman & John B. Davis (ed.), 1991. "Keynes and Philosophy," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 37.
    15. Vercelli,Allessandro, 1991. "Methodological Foundations of Macroeconomics," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521392945, October.
    16. Patinkin, Don, 1990. "On different interpretations of the General Theory," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 205-243, October.
    17. Gerrard, Bill, 1995. "Keynes, the Keynesians and the Classics: A Suggested Interpretation," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 105(429), pages 445-458, March.
    18. Olivier Favereau, 1988. "La Théorie Générale : de l'Economie Conventionnelle à l'Economie des Conventions," Cahiers d'Économie Politique, Programme National Persée, vol. 14(1), pages 197-220.
    19. Bateman, Bradley W, 1991. "Das Maynard Keynes Problem: Review Article," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 15(1), pages 101-111, March.
    20. Christophe Lavialle, 1997. "Projet pragmatique et projet radical chez Keynes : la portée du chapitre 17 de la "Théorie générale"," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 48(4), pages 937-964.
    21. Fitzgibbons, Athol, 1988. "Keynes's Vision: A New Political Economy," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198286417.
    22. John B. Davis, 1995. "Keynes's Later Philosophy," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 27(2), pages 237-260, Summer.
    23. Carlo Benetti, 1998. "La structure logique de la Théorie générale de Keynes," Cahiers d'Économie Politique, Programme National Persée, vol. 30(1), pages 11-48.
    24. Coddington, Alan, 1976. "Keynesian Economics: The Search for First Principles," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 14(4), pages 1258-1273, December.
    25. Jean Arrous, 1982. "Keynes et les probabilités : un aspect du « fondamentalisme » keynésien," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 33(5), pages 839-861.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Muchlinski, Elke, 2011. "Die Rezeption der John Maynard Keynes Manuskripte von 1904 bis 1911. Anregungen für die deutschsprachige Diskussion," Discussion Papers 2011/7, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics.
    2. Muchlinski, Elke, 2004. "Kontroversen in der internationalen Währungspolitik: Retrospektive zu Keynes-White-Boughton & IMF," Discussion Papers 2004/1, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics.
    3. Muchlinski, Elke, 2003. "Épistémologie et probabilité chez Keynes," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 79(1), pages 57-70, Mars-Juin.
    4. Michaël Lainé, 2016. "Uncertainty, Probability and Animal Spirit [Incertitude, probabilités et esprits animaux]," Post-Print hal-02942874, HAL.
    5. Elke Muchlinski, 1998. "The Philosophy of John Maynard Keynes (A Reconsideration)," Cahiers d'Économie Politique, Programme National Persée, vol. 30(1), pages 227-253.
    6. Theodore Burczak, 2001. "Profit Expectations and Confidence: Some unresolved issues in the Austrian/Post-Keynesian debate," Review of Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(1), pages 59-80.
    7. Roberto Marchionatti, 2010. "J. M. Keynes, thinker of economic complexity," History of Economic Ideas, Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa - Roma, vol. 18(2), pages 115-146.
    8. Nicolas Piluso, 2015. "Un examen critique des liens entre le Traité des probabilités et la Théorie générale de Keynes," Post-Print hal-01399077, HAL.
    9. Roger E. Backhouse & Bradley W. Bateman, 2009. "Keynes and Capitalism," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 41(4), pages 645-671, Winter.
    10. Muchlinski, Elke, 2003. "Against rigid rules: Keynes's economic theory," Discussion Papers 2003/2, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics.
    11. Giuseppe Fontana & Bill Gerrard, 2006. "The future of Post Keynesian economics," BNL Quarterly Review, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, vol. 59(236), pages 49-80.
    12. Athol Fitzgibbons, 1998. "Against Keynes' Recantation," Cahiers d'Économie Politique, Programme National Persée, vol. 30(1), pages 147-166.
    13. Richard Arena & Eric Nasica, 2021. "Keynes's Methodology and the Analysis of Economic Agent Behavior in a Complex World," GREDEG Working Papers 2021-10, Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France.
    14. Sonya Marie Scott, 2018. "Crises, confidence, and animal spirits:exploring subjectivity in the dualism of Descartes and Keynes," The Journal of Philosophical Economics, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, The Journal of Philosophical Economics, vol. 11(2), pages 1-28, May.
    15. Michaël Lainé, 2016. "Uncertainty, Probability and Animal Spirit: The Ontology, Epistemology and Microeconomics of Investment of Keynes’s Theory [Incertitude, probabilités et esprits animaux]," Post-Print hal-04265018, HAL.
    16. Sonya Marie SCOTT, 2020. "Rejoinder on animal spirits in Descartes and Keynes: a response to Kurt Smith," The Journal of Philosophical Economics, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, The Journal of Philosophical Economics, vol. 13(2), pages 185-201, November.
    17. Roger Backhouse & Bradley Bateman, 2006. "John Maynard Keynes: Artist, Philosopher, Economist," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 34(2), pages 149-159, June.
    18. Hans D. G. Hyun, 2023. "A financial frontier model with bankers' susceptibility under uncertainty," Metroeconomica, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 74(1), pages 94-118, February.
    19. Michael Lainé, 2012. "Keynes on method: is economics a moral science?," Chapters, in: Jesper Jespersen & Mogens Ove Madsen (ed.), Keynes’s General Theory for Today, chapter 4, pages 60-78, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    20. Anna M. Carabelli & Mario A. Cedrini, 2014. "Keynes's General Theory , Treatise on Money and Tract on Monetary Reform : different theories, same methodological approach?," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(6), pages 1060-1084, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:prs:caecpo:cep_0154-8344_2001_num_38_1_1307. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Equipe PERSEE (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.persee.fr/collection/cep .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.