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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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet
In: Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; 38 (1994) ; 189-203
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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1994
- Creator
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Balzer, Wolfgang
- URN
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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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Associated
- Balzer, Wolfgang
Time of origin
- 1994