ordinalisme et cardinalisme en microéconomie

English translation: ordinal and cardinal utility in micro-economics

20:39 May 23, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy
French term or phrase: ordinalisme et cardinalisme en microéconomie
Bonjour,
Je traduis un relevé de notes datant de 1996 pour un examen de "D.E.A. de Philosophie Économique".
Je ne dispose que des intitulés des cours et des notes. Celui-ci, "ordinalisme et cardinalisme en microéconomie" était dispensé par M. C. Blackorby à l'université d'aix-Marseille.... en 1996 je rappelle.

Merci pour votre aide.
Marau BIRET
French Polynesia
Local time: 06:35
English translation:ordinal and cardinal utility in micro-economics
Explanation:
Surely, this is about ordinal > preferential vs. cardinal > utility value in micro-economics.

The g/hits argument could be a 'cardinal' logical fallacy in this case, as that utilitarian Jeremy Bentham might have postulated.
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3 +1ordinalism and cardinalism in microeconomics
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4ordinal and cardinal utility in micro-economics
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ordinalism and cardinalism in microeconomics


Explanation:
See https://www.jstor.org/stable/30034333?seq=1#page_scan_tab_co... and many other sites that discuss ordinalism and cardinalism.

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agree  philgoddard: Ordinality and cardinality get way more hits, though, and that's what your own reference says.
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ordinal and cardinal utility in micro-economics


Explanation:
Surely, this is about ordinal > preferential vs. cardinal > utility value in micro-economics.

The g/hits argument could be a 'cardinal' logical fallacy in this case, as that utilitarian Jeremy Bentham might have postulated.


Example sentence(s):
  • Cardinal utility gives a value of utility to different options. Ordinal utility just ranks in terms of preference.

    Reference: http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/glossary/cardinal-utility/
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Asker: Thank you Adrain!

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