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Note sur la conception de la science chez Cournot et Walras : critique et filiation au regard de la philosophie d'Etienne Vacherot

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  • Ludovic Ragni

    (Université Côte d'Azur, France
    GREDEG CNRS)

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L'article réévalue les emprunts de Léon Walras à la philosophie d'Etienne Vacherot et d'Antoine Augustin Cournot. Walras indique en effet n'avoir emprunté à Cournot que sa seule méthode mathématique et considère que l'ouvrage de Vacherot, La métaphysique de la science, est son livre de chevet philosophique. Or, Vacherot se réfère largement à Cournot dans ses Essais de philosophie critique, ouvrage que Walras semble ne pas avoir lu. Dans un premier temps, l'article met en évidence les points de désaccords méthodologiques entre Walras et Cournot à propos de l'économie. Dans un deuxième temps, il montre que Walras à beaucoup plus emprunté à la philosophie de Cournot que sa seule lecture de la Métaphysique de la science ne le laisse supposer parce qu'il n'aurait pas perçu que Vacherot emprunte lui-même à la philosophie de Cournot. L'article met en évidence qu'une part importante de l'épistémologie de Cournot se retrouve dans l'œuvre de Walras par l'intermédiaire de Vacherot.

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  • Ludovic Ragni, 2019. "Note sur la conception de la science chez Cournot et Walras : critique et filiation au regard de la philosophie d'Etienne Vacherot," GREDEG Working Papers 2019-28, Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France.
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    1. Ludovic Ragni, 2011. "La méthode mathématique chez Walras et Cournot : comparaison et enjeux de discorde," Post-Print halshs-00727147, HAL.
    2. Roger Koppl, 1995. "The Walras Paradox," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 21(1), pages 43-55, Winter.
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    Keywords

    Epistémologie économique; Méthode mathématique; Philosophie des sciences; Antoine Augustin Cournot; Etienne Vacherot; Léon Walras;
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    JEL classification:

    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General
    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology

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