Economics as a Science: An Approach from the Viewpoint of Complexity
Within the philosophical-methodological context of analysis, this paper deals with central issues regarding economics as a science, where the focus of attention is on the viewpoint of complexity. In this regard, several steps are taken in the contents: first, the characteristic features of science and the case of economics (constitutive elements, thematic diversification and the place of this discipline within the system of knowledge); second, economics as an applied design science that faces the problem of complexity (from an ontological and epistemological perspectives, which are articulated in the structural side and the dynamic dimension); third, the scientific status of economics according to the epistemological and methodological criteria that have been dominant so far, and which have a direct connection to prediction; and, finally –as a coda– the role of mathematical models regarding economics, within the framework of a comparison between the different kinds of science. These steps look for relevant aspect of each issue analyzed, taking into account that the main aim is a contextualization of economics as a science rather than an exhaustive consideration of each topic.
Year of publication: |
2012
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Authors: | González, Wenceslao J. |
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Revista Galega de Economía. - Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais. - Vol. 21.2012, 1
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Publisher: |
Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais |
Subject: | Economics | Science | Complexity | Applied | Design | Ontology | Epistemology | Methodology | Mathematical models |
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