Intellectual Trespassing as a Way of Life

Essays in Philosophy, Economics, and Mathematics

David P Ellerman author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Published:21st Mar '95

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Dramatic changes or revolutions in a field of science are often made by outsiders or 'trespassers,' who are not limited by the established, 'expert' approaches. Each essay in this diverse collection shows the fruits of intellectual trespassing and poaching among fields such as economics, Kantian ethics, Platonic philosophy, category theory, double-entry accounting, arbitrage, algebraic logic, series-parallel duality, and financial arithmetic.

...extremely interesting...very successful attempt to present to a wide public some ideas of mathematics that are normally reserved for specialists. -- Gian-Carlo Rota, professor of applied mathematics and philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ISBN: 9780847679317

Dimensions: 234mm x 162mm x 21mm

Weight: 549g

248 pages