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This article shows that the theoretical perspective known as “finitismo” – whose central author is Barry Barnes – throws light on fundamental issues to do with accounting and financial reporting. The author recaps the main tenets of finitism and distinguishes it from a theory of meaning to which it...

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Main Author: Donald Mackenzie
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Société d'Anthropologie des Connaissances 2009-09-01
Series:Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rac/17682
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Summary:This article shows that the theoretical perspective known as “finitismo” – whose central author is Barry Barnes – throws light on fundamental issues to do with accounting and financial reporting. The author recaps the main tenets of finitism and distinguishes it from a theory of meaning to which it is opposed: extensional semantics. The analysis draws on an empirical case study of accounting and financial reporting in a U.K. mid-market company. The author argues that finitism offers an appropriate viewpoint from which to analyze the application of accounting rules.
ISSN:1760-5393