Tolerance for inconsistency in the social sciences: contradictions between theory and observation in economics
Here, we argue that the study of inconsistency toleration in the social sci-ences -particularly the toleration of contradictions between theory and obser-vation-, can be revealing about the mechanisms that underlie the rational use of inconsistent information. In order to do so, we provide a typolog...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) |
| Repositorio: | Perspectiva Filosófica (Online) |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.periodicos.ufpe.br:article/248950 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/perspectivafilosofica/article/view/248950 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | inconsistency toleration contradictions between theory and observation economics tolerancia a la inconsistencia contradicciones entre teoría y observación economía tolerância à inconsistência contradições entre teoria e observação economia |
| Sumario: | Here, we argue that the study of inconsistency toleration in the social sci-ences -particularly the toleration of contradictions between theory and obser-vation-, can be revealing about the mechanisms that underlie the rational use of inconsistent information. In order to do so, we provide a typology of con-tradictions between theory and observation. We emphasize some of the most important features of these contradictions and we argue that they play a sig-nificant role for determining the inference mechanisms that allow for the ra-tional toleration of contradictions. We illustrate this with cases from econo-mics. |
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