Smith and Shackle: History and Epistemics

Abstract

This article does not constitute a commentary on George Shackle either as an economist or as an historian. Rather it sets out to explain the reference to Smith which was introduced to the foreword of the 1983 edition of The Years of High Theory, and further to elaborate some striking similarities between two philosophers whose writings on the origin of theory are separated by more than 200 years.

Citation

Skinner, A.S. (1985), "Smith and Shackle: History and Epistemics", Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 12 No. 1/2, pp. 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb002591