economic science profoundly different from that of Walras. It is maintained that his methodological contribution represents an … attempt to define the conditions for political economy to be a science. In this context, Pareto examines the theoretical …

Scientific method theories and paradigms are some of the main questions explored in philosophy of science. Other issues … that occupy the minds of scholars in this branch of philosophy include parameters for determining what qualifies as science …, and the nature, purpose and reliability of science, among other overlapping issues of epistemological, metaphysical, and …

This paper addresses objectivity in economics. It criticizes a closed science, "view from nowhere" conception of … economics and defends an open science, "view from somewhere" conception of objective science. It ascribes the first conception … to mainstream economics, associates it with its principle practices – reductionist modeling, formalization, limited …