Idealizations and Theory Development in Economics some History and Logic of the Logic Discovery

Jack Birner

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Idealizations and Theory Development in Economics some History and Logic of the Logic Discovery

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Pages:: 277–300

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004457379_018

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How are idealized theories related to models that are closer to the reality of existing economics? Historical background of the method, and the problem, providing a framework for discussing some recent analyses, especially Nancy Cartwright’s. The problem must be seen as a part of the context of the logic of discovery. The relation between idealizing theories and factual models can be fruitfully analyzed in terms of a presupposition relation.

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Idealization VI: Idealization in Economics

Series: Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Volume: 38/6 and Idealization, Volume: 38/6

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004457379

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 1994

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