At the recently held 23rd Annual Conference of the history of economic
thought society of Australia held at the University of Sydney three of
the founding members of that society were hounred by being announced as
the first distinguished fellows of that society, which was first
established in 1981.
They were Emeritus Professor Peter Groenewegen (University of Sydney),
Associate Professor (Emeritus) John Pullen )University of New England)
and associate professor (emeritus) Ray Petridis (University of Notre
Dame, Fremantle). All three gentlemen played a leading part, amongst
others, in the formation of HETSA.
They were also honoured for their promotion of the history of economic
thought in the economics curriculum at Australian universities.
The Proceedings of the Conference are freely available at the HETSA
website.
Alex Millmow
President of HETSA
>>> Nicholas Theocarakis <[log in to unmask]> 07/09/10 3:09 AM >>>
"opthalimity" is no greek word. The word ophthalmos means "eye" but
clearly
is not relevant. As it has been pointed out the correct word is
ophelimity
(Pareto's ophelimite') from the Greek word o^phe'limos meaning useful.
The
entry in the Greek dictionary LSJ is
*ὠφέλ-ι^μος<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%29fe%2Fl-i%5Emos&la=greek>
* ,
ον<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=on&la=greek&prior=w)fe/l-i%5Emos>,
rarely η
<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h&la=greek&prior=on>,
ον <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=on&la=greek&prior=h>,
*Pl.
Chrm.174d<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0059,018:174d&lang=original>
* (dub. l.),
*R.607d<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0059,030:607d&lang=original>
*:—
*A. **helping, aiding, useful, serviceable, beneficial,* sts. of
persons, as
*Id.Men.98c<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0059,024:98c&lang=original>
*,
*R.461b<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0059,030:461b&lang=original>
* (Comp.),
*X.Mem.2.7.9<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0032,002:2:7:9&lang=original>
*: but more freq. of things,
*Th.2.46<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0003,001:2:46&lang=original>
*, etc.;
τινι<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tini&la=greek&prior=on>to
one,
*E.Ion138<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0006,010:138&lang=original>
* (lyr.),
*Th.4.44<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0003,001:4:44&lang=original>
*,
*7.64<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0003,001:7:64&lang=original>
*, etc.;
ἔς<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fs&la=greek&prior=tini>
τι <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti&la=greek&prior=e)/s>
for
a purpose,
*Id.3.68<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0003,001:3:68&lang=original>
*;
“πρὸς<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&prior=ti>
τὰς<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%5Cs&la=greek&prior=pro%5Cs>
πολιτείας<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=politei%2Fas&la=greek&prior=ta%5Cs>”
*Pl.R.607d<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0059,030:607d&lang=original>
*;
“ὑπέρ<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28pe%2Fr&la=greek&prior=politei/as>
τινος<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tinos&la=greek&prior=u(pe/r>”
*X.
Cyr.6.2.34<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0032,007:6:2:34&lang=original>
*;
“κρίνειν<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kri%2Fnein&la=greek&prior=tinos>
τι
<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti&la=greek&prior=kri/nein>
ὠ <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%29&la=greek&prior=ti>.”
*
Th.1.22<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0003,001:1:22&lang=original>
*; τὸ
<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&prior=w)>
ὠ
<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%29&la=greek&prior=to%5C>.as
Subst.,
*Pl.R.457d<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0059,030:457d&lang=original>
*; τὸ
<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&prior=w)>
ὑμῖν<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28mi%3Dn&la=greek&prior=to%5C>“
ὠ
<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%29&la=greek&prior=u(mi=n>.”
*Th.1.76<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0003,001:1:76&lang=original>
*, cf. *E.* l. c.: Comp. and Sup.,
-ώτερος<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%2Fteros&la=greek&prior=w)>,
-ώτατος<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%2Ftatos&la=greek&prior=w/teros>
,
*Th.1.93<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0003,001:1:93&lang=original>
*,
*Pl.R.461b<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0059,030:461b&lang=original>
*,
*Tht.179a<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0059,006:179a&lang=original>
*. Adv.
“-μως<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mws&la=greek&prior=w/tatos>”
*X.Mem.4.4.1<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0032,002:4:4:1&lang=original>
*,
*Pl.Grg.470a<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0059,023:470a&lang=original>
*, *Chrm.
163c<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0059,018:163c&lang=original>
*: Sup.
“-ώτατα<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%2Ftata&la=greek&prior=mws>”
*X.Eq.6.1<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0032,013:6:1&lang=original>
*.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised
and
augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of.
Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.
See Georgescu-Roegen's entry "ophelimity" in Palgrave 1987 (the accent
in
ophelimos is misplaced) and his 'Vilfredo Pareto and his theory of
ophelimity', Atti dei Convegni Lincei: Convegno Internazionale Vilfredo
Pareto, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, pp. 223-65 also in ch
27 Vilfredo
Pareto: critical assessments of leading economists By John Cunningham
Wood,
Michael McLure.
Apart from Colander's
http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.21.2.215 and
http://community.middlebury.edu/~colander/articles/utility%20and%20applied%20ec.pdf
see
C. F. Camerer "The Potential of Neuronomics" Economics and
Philosophy<http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=F90634A158FC1A42C58DB5658019E265.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=2597684#>(2008),
24 : 369-379 doi:10.1017/S0266267108002022 and S. Zamagni,
"Georgescu-Roegen on consumer theory" in Bioeconomics and
sustainability:
essays in honor of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen By Nicholas
Georgescu-Roegen,
Kōzō Mayumi, John M. Gowdym Elgar, 1999.
The machines are Edgeworth's hedonimeter and possibly psychogalvanometer
(quod google). See in particular Appendix III On Hedonimetry in
Mathematical
psychics 1881 pp.98-102, particularly p. 101. That such measurements
may
put into no good cause see p. 81. (Also Peart & Levy, The vanity of the
philosopher, p 152 et seq.)
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Robin Neill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Colleagues:
>
> Within the past six months I ran across a statement that
> a mid to late nineteenth century, mathematical economist
> suggested the usefullness of a "opthalimity meter" - to
> objectively measure "satisfaction". I have had no success
> in again finding the statement, and I cannot even remember
> who the economist was. Can any of you?
>
> Robin Neill
>
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