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Marshall's Metaphors on Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2009

Tiziano Raffaelli
Tiziano Raffaelli
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Department of Philosophy, University of Pisa, Piazza Torricelli 3/A, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
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This paper, in a roundabout way, deals with Alfred Marshall's views on method, examining the metaphors, similes, and analogies by which they were expressed; or, conversely, it investigates his use of metaphors as a means to convey methodological reflections. Marshall's biological analogy has aroused much controversy in the past; it is to be hoped that a more comprehensive investigation will allow us to place the metaphors/method relationship in a wider context.

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Journal of the History of Economic Thought , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , June 2007 , pp. 135 - 151
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Copyright © The History of Economics Society 2007

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