Intellectual trespassing as a way of life : essays in philosophy, economics, and mathematics

Dramatic changes or revolutions in a field of science are often made by outsiders or ‘trespassers,’ who are not limited by the established, ‘expert’ approaches. Each essay in this diverse collection shows the fruits of intellectual trespassing and poaching among fields such as economics, Kantian ethics, Platonic philosophy, category theory, double-entry accounting, arbitrage, algebraic logic, series-parallel duality, and financial arithmetic. Introduction: Intellectual Trespassing As A Way Of Life -- Ch. 1. Trespassing Against The Happy Consciousness Of Orthodox Economics -- Ch. 2. Myth And Metaphor In Orthodox Economics -- Ch. 3. The Libertarian Case For Slavery -- Ch. 4. The Kantian Person/thing Principle In Political Economy -- Ch. 5. Are Marginal Products Created Ex Nihilo? -- Ch. 6. Double-entry Bookkeeping: Mathematical Formulation And Generalization -- Ch. 7. The Semantics Differentiation Of Minds And Machines -- Ch. 8. Category Theory As The Theory Of Concrete Universals -- Ch. 9. Keiretsu, Proportional Representation, And Input-output Theory -- Ch. 10. Finding The Markets In The Math: Arbitrage And Optimization Theory -- Ch. 11. Valuation Rings: A Better Algebraic Treatment Of Boolean Algebras -- Ch. 12. Parallel Addition, Series-parallel Duality, And Financial Mathematics. By David P. Ellerman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Revolutions in a field of science are often made by outsiders ("trespassers") who are not limited by established approaches. Each essay in this collection shows the fruits of intellectual trespassing in fields such as economics, Kantian ethics, Platonic philosophy, and others.