Italian-style pluralism in economics

Cavalieri, Duccio and Faucci, Riccardo (1994): Italian-style pluralism in economics. Published in: History of Economic Ideas , Vol. 1994, No. 3 (1994): pp. 63-98.

Abstract

This is an essay on the philosophy of science and the methodology and historiography of political economy. It deals with theory appraisal and with the question of which rules, if any, should deal with the search for progress in economic knowledge. (Here is the portion of the essay written by Duccio Cavalieri).

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Methodology, historiography, epistemology, pluralism, philosophy of economics
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B2 - History of Economic Thought since 1925 > B20 - General; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B0 - General > B00 - General; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B4 - Economic Methodology > B41 - Economic Methodology

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