A 1930s North American Creative Community: The Harvard “Pareto Circle”

Cot, Annie L.

doi:10.1215/00182702-2010-046

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“…Além disso, há evidências relevantes tanto em Commons quanto em Barnard -com maior extensão neste -, de influências das considerações de Pareto a respeito da conduta não lógica dos seres humanos. Aliás, sob os cuidados de Lawrence Henderson -difusor da sociologia de Pareto nos Estados Unidos -, estabeleceu-se um grupo notabilizado em Harvard nos anos de 1930 e 1940 por procurar desenvolver uma teoria geral das organizações (Cot, 2011;Heyl, 1968;Keller, 1984). Entre seus membros, podemos citar Parsons, Barnard e Mayo.…”

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O Itinerário Epistemológico de Herbert Simon aos Limites da Racionalidade

Cunha

2022

Organ. Soc.

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Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é investigar o itinerário epistemológico de Herbert A. Simon acerca dos limites da racionalidade registrados em seu livro Administrative Behavior , de 1947. A pesquisa, fundamentada no materialismo, abordou o itinerário epistemológico, a partir de duas categorias de análise: as fontes principais ao estabelecimento dos limites da racionalidade e o modo como o autor procedeu a investigação desse objeto. A pesquisa revelou que o desenvolvimento dos limites da racionalidade galgava terreno nas primeiras décadas do século XX e inúmeros materiais, dentro de certa tendência de então, serviram de canal difusor para Simon cuja assimilação por este autor se deu dentro das fronteiras do empirismo, dando continuidade ao criticismo ao irrealismo do agente maximizador na escola neoclássica. Em termos procedimentais de investigação sobre os limites da racionalidade, Simon realizou observações pontuais e, a partir delas, inferências lógicas das consequências dos limites da racionalidade para certos aspectos organizacionais.

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Section: Fontes Primárias Dos Limites Da Racionalidadeunclassified

O Itinerário Epistemológico de Herbert Simon aos Limites da Racionalidade

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2022

Organ. Soc.

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“…Furthermore, there is substantial evidence in both Commons and Barnard-at greater length in the latter-of the influence of Pareto's considerations regarding the illogical behavior of human beings. In fact, under the leadership of Lawrence Henderson-a proponent of Pareto's sociology in the United States-a group was established at Harvard, in the 1930s and 1940s, which became notable for seeking to develop a general theory of organizations (Cot, 2011;Heyl, 1968;Keller, 1984). Its members included Parsons, Barnard, and Mayo.…”

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Herbert Simon’s Epistemological Itinerary on the Limits of Rationality

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2022

Organ. Soc.

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This article investigates Herbert A. Simon’s epistemological itinerary with regard to the limits of rationality presented in his book Administrative Behavior , published in 1947. The investigation, grounded in materialism, explores his epistemological itinerary based on two categories of analysis: the key sources used to establish the limits of rationality and the way in which the author proceeded to investigate this object. The investigation revealed that the development of the limits of rationality gained ground in the early decades of the twentieth century and that numerous texts, which reflected a particular trend at the time, served as a conduit for Simon. Simon’s assimilation of this development took place within the boundaries of empiricism, continuing the critique of the unrealism of the maximizing agent in the neoclassical school. In procedural terms of research on the limits of rationality, Simon made specific observations and, based upon them, logical inferences regarding the consequences of the limits of rationality for certain organizational aspects.

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“…Drawing on ideas from thermodynamics, Samuelson depicted a mathematical representation of economics that privileged analogies with physics, biology, and thermodynamic systems at or near equilibrium. Samuelson was an occasional member of Harvard's famous 'Pareto Circle' -named after the Italian sociologist/economist Vilfredo Pareto -which promulgated a mechanical-system model of society as a set of mutually interdependent and interrelated components tending towards equilibrium, and which had a significant influence on the development of the social sciences during the 20 th century (Cot, 2011;Heyl, 1968;Isaac, 2010;Keller, 1984).…”

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“…development of the social sciences during the 20th century (Cot, 2011;Heyl, 1968;Isaac, 2010;Keller, 1984). In the same year in which the Pareto Circle was formed, 1932, the Cowles Commission for Research in Economics was also founded, and this institute played a defining role in the development of social science for the next three decades.…”

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RestoringPhronesisand practice: marketing’s forgotten P’s

Kavanagh

2014

Journal of Historical Research in Marketing

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the evolution of marketing’s philosophical conversation over the past 120 years, focusing on the emergent meaning of the notion that marketing should become more “scientific”. Design/methodology/approach – This paper focuses on the US academic marketing literature, primarily journal articles and books published in the first half of the 20th century. Findings – The Aristotelian distinction between techné, epistemé and phronesis provides a rich basis for framing philosophical discussion in marketing, and should supplant the art-science debate and Anderson’s distinction between science1 and science2. Prior to 1959, the marketing journals provided a forum for phronesis, though this diminished as the academic marketing community largely abandoned the inductive, contextual approach in favour of a deductive, “scientific” methodology. The Ford Foundation played an important role in effecting this change. Practical implications – The paper highlights the importance of forums where practitioners can reflect on the ethical and social implications of their practices and then work to enhance these practices for the greater social good. Social implications – Questions the value of distinctions between marketing theorists and practitioners and the consequential focus of marketing journals. Originality/value – Advances the concept of phronesis in the marketing literature and distinguishes it from epistemé, which has dominated academic marketing discourse over the past 60 years.

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A 1930s North American Creative Community: The Harvard “Pareto Circle”

Cited by 31 publications

References 26 publications

O Itinerário Epistemológico de Herbert Simon aos Limites da Racionalidade

O Itinerário Epistemológico de Herbert Simon aos Limites da Racionalidade

Herbert Simon’s Epistemological Itinerary on the Limits of Rationality

RestoringPhronesisand practice: marketing’s forgotten P’s

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