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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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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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Pluralism and social epistemology in economics
Wright, Jack - 2018
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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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Economists as Worldly Philosophers
Shiller, Robert J. - 2011
While leading figures in the early history of economics conceived of it as inseparable from philosophy and other humanities, there has been movement, especially in recent decades, towards its becoming an essentially technical field with narrowly specialized areas of inquiry. Certainly,...
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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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The Change in Sraffa’s Philosophical Thinking
Davis, John B. - 2011
The availability of Piero Sraffa’s unpublished manuscripts and correspondence at Trinity College Library, Cambridge, has made it possible to begin to set out a more complete account of Sraffa’s philosophical thinking than previously could be done with only his published materials and the few...
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Is Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy an Adequate Foundation for the Market Economy?
Halteman, James - 2006
Alasdair MacIntyre argues that the Enlightenment ideology, which includes Adam Smith's moral theory, lacks any sense of telos and will, therefore, fail in the long run. This article accepts MacIntyre's challenge and examines Smith's moral philosophy arguing that Smith did not completely discard...
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