Arbeitspapier

The Complexity of Economies and Pluralism in Economics

From the two premises that (1) economies are complex systems and (2) the accumulation of knowledge about reality is desirable, I derive the conclusion that pluralism with regard to economic research programs is a more viable position to hold than monism. To substantiate this claim I discuss an epistemological framework of how scholars study their objects of inquiry and relate their models to reality. Furthermore, I argue that given the current institutions of our scientific system, economics self-organizes towards a state of scientific unity. Since such a state is epistemologically inferior to a state of plurality, critical intervention is desirable.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ICAE Working Paper Series ; No. 69

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Complexity
Pluralism
Epistemology
Cumulative Causation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Gräbner, Claudius
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy (ICAE)
(wo)
Linz
(wann)
2017

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

Datenpartner

Dieses Objekt wird bereitgestellt von:
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.

Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Gräbner, Claudius
  • Johannes Kepler University Linz, Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy (ICAE)

Entstanden

  • 2017

Ähnliche Objekte (12)