What's the Point of Ceteris Paribus? or, How to Understand Supply and Demand Curves.

Philosophers sometimes claim that economics, and the idealizing strategies it employs, is ultimately unable to provide genuine laws of nature. Therefore, unlike physics, it does not qualify as an actual science. Careful consideration of thermodynamics, a well-developed physical theory, reveals subst...

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Published in:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 85; no. 2; pp. 271 - 293
Main Author:	Jhun, Jennifer S.
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Apr2018
Subjects:	Supply functions (Economic theory) Demand function Science education Natural history Natural selection
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost