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Causal Depth: Aspects of a Scientific Realist Approach to Causal Explanation contra Humean Empiricism

Khan, Haider - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The purpose of this note is to clarify how the idea of "causal depth" can play a role in finding the more … explanations in political economy and other social sciences can be judged by the scientific realist criterion of causal depth by an …

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Causal Depth contra Humean Empiricism: Aspects of a Scientific Realist Approach to Explanation

Khan, Haider - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787185

Friedman’s Methodology: A Puzzle and A Proposal for Generating Useful Debates through Causal Comparisons (with a postscript on positive vs. normative theories)

Khan, Haider - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Milton Friedman’s “The Methodology of Positive Economies” is still one of the most widely read pieces on economic methodology. One reason for this might be Friedman’s attractive proposal that economists use theories and hypotheses as pragmatic devices to summarize data and make...

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Friedman’s Methodology: A Puzzle and A Proposal for Generating Useful Debates through Causal Comparisons (with a postscript on positive vs. normative theories)

Khan, Haider A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837057