Representation, Language, and Theory: Georgescu-Roegen on Methods in Economic Science

• Autores: Mohammed Ali Khan
• Localización: Journal of Economic Issues, ISSN 0021-3624, Vol. 48, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 49-88
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen was hostile to work in economic theory that is based on the notion of a continuum of agents. In this essay, I use this hostility as a point of departure for an exploration of his views concerning representation, language and theory as they pertain to what he saw as economic science. In particular, I view his methodological stance to the "doing of economics," as expressed primarily in his epistemological writings, in the light of Richard Wollheim's reflections on "art and its objects."