into the ontological presuppositions and considering an epistemology appropriate for ecological economics to meaningfully … exist requires rejecting the form of methodological pluralism which has been advocated since the start of this journal. This …

. Following the Introduction (Section 1), this paper explains the MINE project (Section 2) and introduces our methodology (Section …

We develop a general and unifying methodology for ecological economics which integrates philosophical considerations on … position on which this methodology is based. In accordance with this understanding of inter- and transdisciplinarity and the …

. Following the Introduction (Section 1), this paper explains the MINE project (Section 2) and introduces our methodology (Section …

-checked against reality. Taking this (controversial) characterization of economic methodology for granted, this paper sketches trends … in philosophy of science which led to a methodology which permits creation of mental models disconnected from reality. A …

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 …

desirable, I derive the conclusion that pluralism with regard to economic research programs is a more viable position to hold …