The Indetermination of Senior

The commitments and working requirements of abstract, applied, and art of, economics are assessed within an analogy with the fields of inert matter and life. Abstract economics is the pure logic of the phenomenon. Applied positive economics presupposes many distinct abstract sciences. Art presuppose...

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Autor: Silveira, Antonio Maria da
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1990
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional do FGV (FGV Repositório Digital)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/564
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10438/564
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Technocracy
Realism of theories
Applicability of theories
Ricardian vice
Empiricist vice
Abstract economics
Applied economics
Art of economics
Economia
Economia - Filosofia
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Sumario:The commitments and working requirements of abstract, applied, and art of, economics are assessed within an analogy with the fields of inert matter and life. Abstract economics is the pure logic of the phenomenon. Applied positive economics presupposes many distinct abstract sciences. Art presupposes applied economics and direct knowledge of the specificities which characterize the time-space individuality of the phenomenon. This is an indetermination clearly formulated by Senior and Mill; its connection with institutionalism is discussed. The Ricardian Vice is the habit of ignoring the indetermination; its prevalence in mainstream economics is exemplified, and its causes analyzed.