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level of methodology. The purpose of this paper is to explore these developments in the light of the methodological … literature on pluralism, regarding meaning of plurality, and the arguments for it. Issues raised by plurality are then explored … to economics, and of pluralism itself, is required. …
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viewpoint pluralism can be understood as the outcome of competition and specialization in the search for new ideas that can deal …
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This paper contributes to the debate on pluralism in the Economics curriculum. Here pluralism means a diversity of … theoretical perspectives. One set of pedagogical arguments for pluralism are those found in ‘liberal’ philosophy of education. To … this end, the first part of the paper presents arguments for pluralism based on ‘liberal’ pedagogical arguments. The paper …
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orthodoxy and heterodoxy dualistic, and if so where does this leave pluralism in general and schools of thought within heterodox … economics in particular? The meaning of pluralism is explored further with respect to heterodox economics, and the notion of … structured pluralism is developed. Structured pluralism can be understood in terms of categories, connections and absence of …
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This review article considers the state of the art in the modern economic methodology. The structure of this branch of … methodology which is supposed to set standards for a scientific research in economic theory. …
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This paper deals with the disciplinary dimension of a very new field called econophysics and shows that despite the fact that econophysics is regularly described as an interdisciplinary approach, it is in fact a multidisciplinary field. Beyond this observation, we note that recent developments...
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In this brief note describes the trajectory of the fractal models/multifractal F/M by Benoit Mandelbrot. The promise was discovered by the geometry of Mandelbrot covers a broad area of research fields, from meteorology and mathematical physics to the individual and collective behavior in...
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Posthumous tributes to Benoit Mandelbrot (1924-2010) have highlighted his remarkable influence on the natural sciences, from geometry to meteorology, to theories with non-Euclidean spaces and geospatial models approach. Mandelbrot culminates a series of major thinkers going back to classical...
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In this paper we have presented arguments for heuristics on economics research. In particular, have been important aspects that show how the tradition of the theory, to make principle simplicity to represent many empirical data of experience or information, was one of the goals set by the...
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The present paper, following the philosophical work of Robert Nozick, intends to develop the approach of simplicity in the economic investigation. This purpose contributes to structure a heuristic for projects of investigation that can serve like mark of discussion of grade projects in the...
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