Pub Date : 2015-09-28DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_17
A. Sinha
{"title":"A Reflection on the Samuelson-Garegnani Debate","authors":"A. Sinha","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_17","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103473,"journal":{"name":"Essays on Theories of Value in the Classical Tradition","volume":"197 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133117738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The New Interpretation of Sraffa’s Prices: A Response to Heinz Kurz","authors":"A. Sinha","doi":"10.1093/CJE/BET055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CJE/BET055","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103473,"journal":{"name":"Essays on Theories of Value in the Classical Tradition","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134116393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this paper we use insights from Sraffa's classic, Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, to argue that the classical notion of 'centre of gravitation' is not a sound concept. The market mechanics of labour allocation through price signals and quantity adjustments, given effectual demands, do not lead to a 'centre of gravitation'. We work out all such possible market mechanisms, including the specific classical case, and show that the 'centre of gravitation' is a non-attractive point in all cases. Copyright The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. All rights reserved., Oxford University Press.
{"title":"A Sraffian Critique of the Classical Notion of Centre of Gravitation","authors":"Michel-Stéphane Dupertuis, A. Sinha","doi":"10.1093/CJE/BEN050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CJE/BEN050","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we use insights from Sraffa's classic, Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, to argue that the classical notion of 'centre of gravitation' is not a sound concept. The market mechanics of labour allocation through price signals and quantity adjustments, given effectual demands, do not lead to a 'centre of gravitation'. We work out all such possible market mechanisms, including the specific classical case, and show that the 'centre of gravitation' is a non-attractive point in all cases. Copyright The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. All rights reserved., Oxford University Press.","PeriodicalId":103473,"journal":{"name":"Essays on Theories of Value in the Classical Tradition","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115642898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper is an attempt at establishing the philosophical underpinnings and thus a deeper understanding of Sraffa's enigmatic book, particularly in the light of his well acknowledged influence on Wittgenstein's later philosophy or perhaps their mutual influence on each other's thinking during the period of late 1920s and 30s. It identifies and highlights certain parallels between the theoretical propositions of Sraffa in the Production of Commodities and the later Wittgenstein's propositions regarding his philosophy of language and meaning. It argues that both Sraffa and the later Wittgenstein eschew essentialism; both propose descriptive as opposed to predictive theories; and both are concerned with establishing the context that distinguishes sense from non-sense. It goes on to argue that it is unconvincing to suggest, as some scholars have done, that Sraffa's influence on Wittgenstein could either be located at his purported attack on the atomism of the Tractatus or its critique from the Gramscian perspective.
{"title":"Sraffa and the Later Wittgenstein","authors":"A. Sinha","doi":"10.1093/CPE/BZP004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CPE/BZP004","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is an attempt at establishing the philosophical underpinnings and thus a deeper understanding of Sraffa's enigmatic book, particularly in the light of his well acknowledged influence on Wittgenstein's later philosophy or perhaps their mutual influence on each other's thinking during the period of late 1920s and 30s. It identifies and highlights certain parallels between the theoretical propositions of Sraffa in the Production of Commodities and the later Wittgenstein's propositions regarding his philosophy of language and meaning. It argues that both Sraffa and the later Wittgenstein eschew essentialism; both propose descriptive as opposed to predictive theories; and both are concerned with establishing the context that distinguishes sense from non-sense. It goes on to argue that it is unconvincing to suggest, as some scholars have done, that Sraffa's influence on Wittgenstein could either be located at his purported attack on the atomism of the Tractatus or its critique from the Gramscian perspective.","PeriodicalId":103473,"journal":{"name":"Essays on Theories of Value in the Classical Tradition","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126570241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2003-12-01DOI: 10.1057/9780230524613_10
A. Sinha
{"title":"Some Critical Reflections on Marx’s Theory of Value","authors":"A. Sinha","doi":"10.1057/9780230524613_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230524613_10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103473,"journal":{"name":"Essays on Theories of Value in the Classical Tradition","volume":"133 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131931795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_11
A. Sinha
{"title":"Sraffa’s System: Equal Rate of Profits and the Notion of Center of Gravitation","authors":"A. Sinha","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103473,"journal":{"name":"Essays on Theories of Value in the Classical Tradition","volume":"247 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129755257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_14
A. Sinha
{"title":"Listen to Sraffa’s Silences: A New Interpretation of Sraffa’s Production of Commodities","authors":"A. Sinha","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_14","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103473,"journal":{"name":"Essays on Theories of Value in the Classical Tradition","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133422523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_1
A. Sinha
{"title":"My Quest for Understanding: An Incomplete Intellectual Autobiography","authors":"A. Sinha","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103473,"journal":{"name":"Essays on Theories of Value in the Classical Tradition","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130702811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_2
A. Sinha
{"title":"Centrality of ‘Corn’ in Adam Smith’s Theory of Value","authors":"A. Sinha","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103473,"journal":{"name":"Essays on Theories of Value in the Classical Tradition","volume":"211 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124736558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_4
A. Sinha
{"title":"A Critique of Part One of Capital Volume One: The Value Controversy Revisited","authors":"A. Sinha","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02321-8_4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103473,"journal":{"name":"Essays on Theories of Value in the Classical Tradition","volume":"507 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122754610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}