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Scholastic Economics and Arab Scholars: The “Great Gap” Thesis Reconsidered

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S.M. Ghazanfar
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Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883-1950) stands among the intellectual giants of the twentieth century, especially in the field of economics; in his long and varied impact on the profession, he is second only to Maynard Keynes. He was a pragmatist in his economic philosophy, an “objective scientific investigator with no particular axe to grind” (Newman, et al., 746). His encyclopedic History of Economic Analysis, edited after his death by his wife and published in 1954, is a monument to his gigantic and versatile achievements; and it remains the locus classicus of almost all works in this area.

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Diogenes , Volume 39 , Issue 154 , June 1991 , pp. 117 - 140
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Copyright © 1991 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

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An earlier version of this paper was presented at the History of Economics Society Conference in Toronto, Canada, June 1988. The author has benefited from comments by discussants, especially Professor S. Todd Lowry of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, who also separately communicated some useful suggestions. Also, the author gratefully acknowledges comments from Professor Warren S. Gram of Washington State University, Pullman, Washington; and Professor Jurgen Backhaus of Rijksuniversiteit, Limburg, the Netherlands. Thanks are also owed to two graduates students: Mr. A. Rubian, who suggested some useful references, and Mr. Steve Peterson, who provided some research assistance. Any shortcomings remain the author's responsibility.

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