CALL FOR PAPERS
Dear fellow scholars,
We are holding the biennial conference of the french =ABAssociation
Charles=
GIDE pour l=92etude de la pensee economique=BB next Fall (22, 23 & 24=
September
2005) in University of Lille I (North of France) on the topic =ABDo Laws
exist in Economics? =BB.
If there are no laws, or if there is no unified body of laws constituting
a=
system, to what extend can economics be considered as a science or an art?
If there are laws, what are they and how does economics constitute
itself
by bringing them to light, testing their empirical validity and endowing
them with a rational basis?
These questions suggest a number of tracks. For instance :
Semantic track : to what extent do the attribution of an economist=92s
name=
to a law or the association of economists=92 names with other terms=
(effects,
equilibrium=85) reveal the place the discipline attributes in its=
development
to the history of economic thought?
Historical track: what are the great and small laws that economists have
formulated during modern times and how have their representations of these=
evolved? Malthus=92 Law, Engel=92s Law, Say=92s Law or Walras=92 Law, the=
law of
supply and demand, etc=85
Analytical track: in what sense have some of these great or small laws
constituted signs of opposition or mutual recognition between different
schools and doctrines?
Philosophical track: how did economics break free of morality and moral
laws on justice and on justice and benevolence in affirming a domain
where only the =91law of self interest=92 rules? How did it break free
of
politics in affirming the existence of a sphere, independent of any
monetary institution where the =91Law of value=92 only rules?
If you are interested in presenting a paper, please open the website of
the=
conference : http://www.univ-lille1.fr/clerse/lois/ and follow the
instructions for the submission of an abstract of about 3 pages. The
deadline for submissions is : 8 December 2004.
Paper proposals must provide information about the author (name,
address,
institutional affiliation) and the title of the contribution.
Arnaud Berthoud & Bernard Delmas, USTL (Universite de Lille 1)
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Mailing Address:
Colloque Charles Gide,
c/o Veronique Testelin,
Universite de Lille 1, bat. S.H. 2
Faculte des sciences Economiques et sociales
59655 Villeneuve d=92Ascq Cedex FRANCE
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