ontology of open systems which draws on various literatures including, but not limited to, Critical Realism. The paper then … extrapolates from the ontology to a set of methodological arguments. Many methods in economics presuppose a degree of closure in … argued, therefore, that these methods should be rejected. However, an open-systems methodology is also an open system and it …

science. Interestingly, both critiques and defences of economics often make reference to ideology: defenders claim that … regard it as an 'ideology that serves to uphold power relations'. This article explores the relationship between ideology and …

The present essay investigates F.A. Hayek's epistemology and his methodology of sciences of complex phenomena for …

helpful philosophical resources from which a potentially fruitful position of economic methodology may be developed. When … fully developed, a critical realist­inspired economic methodology may in turn underlabour for more concrete scientific …

science. Interestingly, both critiques and defences of economics often make reference to ideology: defenders claim that … regard it as an 'ideology that serves to uphold power relations'. This article explores the relationship between ideology and …