Borchers, DagmarDeichsel, SimonSimonDeichsel2020-03-092020-03-092009-10-30https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/902This 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.enBitte wählen Sie eine Lizenz aus: (Unsere Empfehlung: CC-BY)Philosophy of SciencePhilosophy of EconomicsMethodologyEmpiricismPragmatismPostmodernismAnything goesRelativismNormativity100Dissertationurn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00104675-16