Exchange versus influence: a case of idealization

Abstract: The intertheoretical relation between economic equilibrium theory and a theory of social institutions is studied in reduced form, i.e. by comparing the central primitives rather than the full formal models. It is shown that equilibrium can be regarded as a limit of institutions with ever more symmetrical power relations. Economic equilibrium theory thus is shown to be an idealization of the theory of social institutions. A provisionary topology which gives substance to the notion of a limit is defined "internally", i.e. by reference to items occurring in the models only. The meta-scientific status of idealization is briefly discussed

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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet
In: Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; 38 (1994) ; 189-203

Classification
Wirtschaft

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
1994
Creator
Balzer, Wolfgang

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-39843
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Balzer, Wolfgang

Time of origin

  • 1994

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