Preferences and Positivist Methodology in Economics.
I distinguish several doctrines that economic methodologists have found attractive, all of which have a positivist flavor. One of these is the doctrine that preference assignments in economics are just shorthand descriptions of agents' choices. Although most of these doctrines are problematic, the l...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 192 - 213 |
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Cambridge University Press
Apr2016
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| Sumario: | I distinguish several doctrines that economic methodologists have found attractive, all of which have a positivist flavor. One of these is the doctrine that preference assignments in economics are just shorthand descriptions of agents' choices. Although most of these doctrines are problematic, the latter doctrine about preference assignments is a respectable one, I argue. It does not entail any of the problematic doctrines, and indeed it is warranted independently of them. |
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