Historicity, Entropy and No Linearity

Vol. 25 No. 3 (2005)

Jul-Sep / 2005
Published July 1, 2005
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How to Cite

Herscovici, Alain. 2005. “Historicity, Entropy and No Linearity: Some Applications to Economic Science.”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 25 (3):277-94. https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/643.

Historicity, Entropy and No Linearity

Some Applications to Economic Science.

Alain Herscovici
Doutor em Economia pelas Universidades de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne e de Amiens, Coordenador do Grupo de Estudo em Macroeconomia (GREM) do Departamento de Economia da UFES, Coordenador e Professor do Mestrado.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 25 No. 3 (2005), Jul-Sep / 2005, Pages 277-294

Abstract

 The objective of this paper is to definite Historicity in Economic Sciences applying the principles of Entropy and methodological indeterminism. This implies the definition of two kinds of economic universes: one characterized by ergodicity and reversibility of Time and processes and the other by the opposite properties. The first part will deal with the construction of the subject of study and the nature of the proper analysis to these two universes. Taking such dichotomy into account, the second part will examine its implications as regards to the nature of equilibrium, the properties of stability and instability and the closure of the systems.

JEL Classification: B4.


Keywords: Historicity Dissipative Structures Entropy Irreversibility