The Usefulness of Truth : An Enquiry Concerning Economic Modelling
Veröffentlichungsdatum
2009-10-30
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Zusammenfassung
This thesis attempts to justify a normative role for methodology by sketching a pragmatic way out of the dichotomy between two major strands in economic methodology: empiricism and postmodernism. I discuss several methodological approaches and assess their aptness for theory appraisal in economics. I begin with the most common views on methodology (i.e. empiricism and postmodernism) and argue why they are each ill-suited for giving methodological prescriptions to economics. Then, I consider positions that avoid the errors of empiricism and postmodernism. I specifically examine why the two major strands of methodological criticism fail to give helpful methodological advice to economists and sketch out a pragmatic approach that can do this.
Schlagwörter
Philosophy of Science
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Philosophy of Economics
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Methodology
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Empiricism
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Pragmatism
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Postmodernism
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Anything goes
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Relativism
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Normativity
Institution
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Dokumenttyp
Dissertation
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Nein
Sprache
Englisch
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