| Abstract: | Summary After a brief introduction the author starts by a short dogmatichistorical note of the exogene and endogene concepts of time as used in economic science among others by Barre and Norro. Exogene time is interpreted as the abstract frame within which adaptation of economic variables can take place; endogene time is defined as the periods of time as experiencedin concreto by human subjects. Using the endogene concept of time in an economic analysis means that the analysis can be extended to the wider structural field in which the economic phenomenon one wishes to study is situated in concrete chronological order as experienced in reality.The author tries to show that by introducing the time factor in the analysis as happens in dynamic economics the exogene and endogene time elements are both incorporated in economic theory. This means that the analysis is extended not only to the time element which gives room for inter-periodical adaptation, but also that the economic phenomena can be shown in the perspective, opened by the broadening of the field in which they appear in reality, as happens with regard to certain theories of economic growth.In the author's opinion this shows that extending an economic analysis to the time element ought to be done not only by adding this factor as if it were a mere complementary entity. Time spans reality in its entirety; one cannot cut it into pieces within reality's modal (economic) sphere. Therefore, the introduction of the time element into economic analysis implies an approach towards understanding the continual progress as shown in the reality sector, but also towards understanding the connection between economic and other aspects of reality.Gaarne betuigt schrijver dezes zijn erkentelijkheid jegens Prof. dr. T. P. van der Kooy en Prof. dr. F. de Roos, hoogleraren aan de Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam, voor hun bereidwilligheid deze bijdrage in ontwerp door te nemen en voor de nuttige suggesties door hen gedaan. |
