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The Rational Expectations Hypothesis : An Assessment from Popper's Philosophy

Ayala, Iván - 2014

The rational expectations hypothesis (REH) is the standard approach to expectations formation in macroeconomics. We discuss its compatibility with two strands of Karl Popper´s philosophy: his theory of knowledge and learning, and his "rationality principle" (RP). First, we show that the REH is...

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Philosophy and a Scientific Future of the History of Economics

Schliesser, Eric S. - 2006

I argue that economists have reasons internal to the way that evidence works in the sciences to re-discover the importance of the history of their own discipline. For it is a constitutive element of science - here conceived as an ongoing research practice (as opposed to as an explanatory...

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The Rational Expectations Hypothesis : An Assessment from Popper's Philosophy

Ayala, Iván; Palacio Vera, Alfonso - 2014

The rational expectations hypothesis (REH) is the standard approach to expectations formation in macroeconomics. We discuss its compatibility with two strands of Karl Popper's philosophy: his theory of knowledge and learning, and his "rationality principle" (RP). First, we show that the REH is...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014149542

Reflexivity, complexivity, and the nature of social science

Beinhocker, Eric D. - In: The journal of economic methodology 20 (2013) 4, pp. 330-342

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Abandon Hofstede-based research? Not yet! : perspective from the philosophy of the social sciences

Venkateswaran, Ramya Tarakad; Ojha, Abhoy K. - In: Asia Pacific business review 25 (2019) 3, pp. 413-434

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Epistemology of the Human Sciences : Restoring an Evolutionary Approach to Biology, Economics, Psychology and Philosophy

Weimer, Walter B. - 2023

1. Understanding, Explaining and Knowing -- Part 1: Knowledge as classification, judgment, mensuration -- 2. Problems … ambiguity -- 12. Understanding Complex Phenomena -- 13. The Resolution of Surface and Deep Structure Ambiguity -- Part 5: The … Constraints -- Part 6: Appendix: The Abject Failure of Traditional Philosophy to Understand Epistemology -- 15. Induction is an …

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The Universality of Economics and Cultural Diversity

Bienaymé, Alain - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008

The very diversity of cultures impels the economist to respect a principle of modesty when it comes to specifying the degree of universality to which the science of economics can lay claim. In considering this issue, this paper: a) criticizes the ambition of certain forms of economic thought to...

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Markets, Money and Ideology

Mohun, Simon - 2002

Marx's critique of Hegel is used to derive a demarcation criterion that sharply separates scientific knowledge from ideology, and interprets Hegelian methodology as fundamentally ideological. Economic theory is considered according to this demarcation criterion, and the paper argues that...

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Dualities in Behavioural Economics and Psychology : A Critical Assessment in the Light of the Mechanistic Approach in the Philosophy of the Neurosciences

Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten - 2017

Building on an overview of various kinds of dual systems/process theories in psychology and economics, the paper proceeds with a methodological assessment in terms of the mechanistic or constitutive explanations framework that has gained prominence in philosophy of science recently, especially...

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Economics as a rhetorical language game

Almeida, Raquel Mesquita - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 24 (2023) 1, pp. 24-43

manner, how their intersections and how they can be useful to better understand the epistemology of Economics. …

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