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259InstitutionsIn Ian Jarvie Jesús Zamora-Bonilla (ed.), The SAGE Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, . pp. 399-412. 2011.The article provides an overview of the basic concepts and principles of the theory of institutions as well as of the mechanisms of emergence and evolution of social institutions. It introduces a distinction between formal and informal institutions based on the the criterion of the enforcement agency of institutions. Finally it discusses the problem of path dependence.
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73Explanations of Meaningful ActionsPhilosophy of the Social Sciences 42 (2): 224-238. 2012.There is a long tradition in philosophy and the social sciences that emphasizes the meaningfulness of human action. This tradition doubts or even negates the possibility of causal explanations of human action precisely on the basis that human actions have meaning. This article provides an argument in favor of methodological naturalism in the social sciences. It grants the main argument of the Interpretivists, that is, that human actions are meaningful, but it shows how a transformation of a "nex…Read more
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Carl Menger und die WettbewerbstheorieJahrbücher für Nationalökonomie Und Statistik 219 685-691. 1999.Die herausragende Stellung Carl Mengers in der Volkswirschaftslehre wird in dogmenhistorischen Studien hauptsächlich darin gesehen, dass er den entscheidenden Schritt in Richtung einer subjektivistisch fundierten Erklärung des Wertes unternommen hat. Das Hauptziel dieses Aufsatzes ist es, zu zeigen, inwiefern in seinem Werk darüber hinaus auch Ansatzpunkte vorhanden sind, die für das moderne Wettbewerbsverständnis theoretisch relevant sind und Menger außer als Preistheoretiker auch als Wettbewer…Read more
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310The Role of Definitions in Institutional AnalysisIn Frank Daumann, C. Mantzavinos & Stefan Okruch (eds.), Wettbewerb im Gesundheitswesen. Konzeptionen und Felder ordnungsökonomischen Denkens, . pp. 85-92. 2006.This paper defends the claim that social scientists who are interested in the study of institutions should not conduct fights about the meaning of the terms "institution", "organization" and the other terms that are used in the theory of institutions. They should instead concentrate on constructing theories in order to explain the phenomena they are interested in. Defining the terms that one wants to use is a legitimate part of the theoretical endeavor, but it is by no means as important as most…Read more
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36Explanatory PluralismCambridge University Press. 2016.Explaining phenomena is one of the main activities in which scientists engage. This book proposes a new philosophical theory of scientific explanation by developing and defending the position of explanatory pluralism with the help of the notion of 'explanatory games'. Mantzavinos provides a descriptive account of the explanatory activity of scientists in different domains and shows how they differ from commonsensical explanations offered in everyday life by ordinary people and also from explanat…Read more
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395On the Legitimacy of InterventionJournal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 170 (1). 2014.
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223Kommentar zu Herrmann Sauter, Menschenrechte und Menschenrechtsstandards im GlobalisierungsprozessJahrbuch für Neue Politische Ökonomie 19 277-279. 2000.
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1Herméneutique NaturalistePresses de l' Université Paris-Sorbonne. 2012.Ce livre montre qu'il est possible de défendre la position selon laquelle les actions humaines ont un sens, et en même temps la position que les actions humaines et tous les éléments qui ont un sens peuvent être appréhendés scientifiquement à partir de la méthode prévalant dans les sciences naturelles. Il adopte une position originale et radicale : la thèse qu'il n'y a pas de différence méthodologique fondamentale entre les sciences naturelles d'un côté, les sciences sociales et les humanités de…Read more
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318Das Institutionenökonomisch-Evolutionäre WettbewerbsleitbildJahrbücher für Nationalökonomie Und Statistik 225 205-224. 2005.In diesem Aufsatz wird ein Wettbewerbsleitbild vorgeschlagen, das auf den Ergebnissen der Neuen Institutionenökonomik und der Evolutorischen Ökonomik aufbaut. Um ein Leitbild zu gewinnen, braucht man zweierlei, d.h. erfahrungswissenschaftliche Grundlagen und Überlegungen zur Behandlung von Normen. Es werden zunächst die erfahrungswissenschaftlichen Grundlagen erläutert und es stellt sich heraus, dass der Wettbewerb als ein evolutionärer Prozess zu analysieren ist, der innerhalb von Regeln abläuf…Read more
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337Zur Verteidigung des Institutionenökonomisch-Evolutionären WettberbsleitbildesORDO 58 157-166. 2007.Dieter Schmidtchen hat mein institutionenökonomisch-evolutionäres Wettbewerbsleitbild einer kritischen Würdigung unterzogen. In dieser Replik werden drei Arten von Argumenten zugunsten meines Wettbewerbsleitbildes vorgetragen. Zunächst wird mit Hilfe von wissenschaftstheoretischen Argumenten gezeigt, dass die Konkurrenz von Erkenntnisprogrammen auch im Fall der Wettbewerbstheorie durchaus wünscheswert ist. Dann werden die normativen Grundlagen des Leitbildes erläutert und gezeigt, wie das Prin…Read more
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320Apprentissage, Institutions, et Performance ÉconomiqueL'Année Sociologique 59 (2): 469-492. 2009.Dans cet article, nous offrons un large aperçu des interactions entre cognition, systèmes de croyances et institutions, et comment elles affectent la performance économique. Nous estimons qu'une meilleure compréhension de l’émergence des institutions, de leurs propriétés de fonctionnement et de leurs effets sur les résultats politiques et économiques doit commencer par une analyse des processus cognitifs. Nous explorons la nature de l'apprentissage individuel et collectif, en soulignant que la q…Read more
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43Text Interpretation as a Scientific ActivityJournal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 45 (1): 45-58. 2014.One way to show that text interpretation can be treated as a scientific problem is to show that the standards that are currently used in the natural sciences when dealing with problems not involving meaningful material can also be successfully employed in the case of text interpretation. These standards involve intersubjective intelligibility, testability with the use of evidence, rational argumentation, and making methodological decisions aiming at the attainment of truth, accuracy, simplicity …Read more
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37Naturalistic hermeneuticsCambridge University Press. 2005.Naturalistic Hermeneutics proposes the position of the unity of the scientific method and defends it against the claim to autonomy of the human sciences. Mantzavinos shows how materials that are 'meaningful', more specifically human actions and texts, can be adequately dealt with by the hypothetico-deductive method, the standard method used in the natural sciences. The hermeneutic method is not an alternative method aimed at the understanding and the interpretation of human actions and texts, bu…Read more
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30Individuals, Institutions, and MarketsCambridge University Press. 2001.Individuals, Institutions, and Markets offers a theory of how the institutional framework of a society emerges and how markets within institutions work. The book shows that both social institutions, defined as the rules of the game, and exchange processes can be analyzed along a common theoretical structure. Mantzavinos' proposal is that a problem solving model of individual behavior inspired by the cognitive sciences provides such a unifying theoretical structure. Integrating the latest scholar…Read more
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253Comment on Ekkehart Schlicht's 'Aestheticism in the Theory of Custom'Journal des Economistes Et des Etudes Humaines 11 (4): 705-708. 2001.
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2WettbewerbstheorieDuncker Und Humblot. 1994.Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universitèat Tèubingen, 1992.
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17Individuen, Institutionen und MärkteMohr Siebeck. 2007.English summary: C. Mantzavinos offers a theory of how the institutional framework of a society emerges and how markets within institutions work. He shows that both social institutions, defined as the rules of the game, and exchange processes can be analyzed along a common theoretical structure. Mantzavinos's proposal is that a problem-solving model of individual behaviour inspired by the cognitive sciences provides such a unifying theoretical structure. Integrating the latest scholarship in eco…Read more
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107Philosophy of the social sciences: philosophical theory and scientific practice (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2009.This volume is a unique contribution to the philosophy of the social sciences, presenting the results of cutting-edge philosophers' research alongside critical discussions by practicing social scientists. The book is motivated by the view that the philosophy of the social sciences cannot ignore the specific scientific practices according to which social scientific work is being conducted, and that it will be valuable only if it evolves in constant interaction with theoretical developments in the…Read more
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1125Le Cercle Herméneutique. De Quel Type de Problème S'Agit-il?L' Année Sociologique 63 509-526. 2013.Le cercle herméneutique a été utilisé par tous ceux qui ont défendu la thèse de l’autonomie méthodologique des sciences humaines par rapport aux sciences naturelles. Il est généralement perçu comme un problème ontologique ou logique par les Herméneutistes. Le but de cet article est de montrer que le cercle herméneutique n’est ni l’un ni l’autre. Tout indique, plutôt, qu’il fait référence à un phénomène empirique, qui peut être étudié dans le cadre de la psycholinguistique et d’autres disciplines…Read more
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28How to Explain Meaningful ActionsProceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 46 53-61. 2008.There is a long tradition in the philosophy of the social sciences that emphasizes the meaningfulness of human action. This tradition doubts or even negates the possibility of causal explanations of human action precisely on the basis that human actions have meaning. This paper provides an argument in favour of methodological naturalism in the social sciences. It grants the main argument of the Interpretivists, i.e. that human actions are meaningful, but it shows how a transformation of a “nexus…Read more
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EpilogueIn Chrysostomos Mantzavinos (ed.), Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Cambridge University Press. pp. 111-113. 2009.
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319A Note on Methodological IndividualismIn Mohamed Cherkaoui Peter Hamilton (ed.), Raymond Boudon. A Life in Sociology, . pp. 211-215. 2009.
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470The Institutional-Evolutionary Antitrust ModelEuropean Journal of Law and Economics 22 273-291. 2006.The purpose of this article is to provide an alternative antitrust model to the mainstream model that is used in competition policy. I call it the InstitutionalEvolutionary Antitrust Model. In order to construct an antitrust model one needs both empirical knowledge and considerations of how to adequately deal with norms. The analysis of competition as an evolutionary process that unfolds within legal rules provides the empirical foundation for the model. The development of the normative dimensio…Read more
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13Naturalistische HermeneutikMohr Siebeck. 2006.The central thesis is, thus, that there is no fundamental methodological difference between natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. The English edition of this work was published by Cambridge University Press.
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4Individus, Institutions et MarchésPresses Universitaires de France. 2008.Individus, institutions et marchés propose une théorie de l'émergence des institutions d'une société et du fonctionnement des marchés au sein de ce cadre institutionnel. L'ouvrage montre que les institutions sociales, définies comme les règles du jeu, ainsi que les processus d'échange, peuvent être analysés dans un cadre théorique commun. Mantzavinos propose comme structure théorique commune un modèle de comportement individuel pour la résolution des problèmes inspiré des sciences cognitives. Pa…Read more
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636Federalism and Individual LibertyConstitutional Political Economy 21 101-118. 2010.This paper explores the relationship between federalism and individual liberty. It is shown that a complete treatment of the relationship between federalism and individual liberty should consider two countervailing effects. On the one hand, a federalist structure enhances individual liberty by enlarging the choice set of the citizens. On the other hand, however, a federalist system leads to institutional diversity, a fact that per se leads to higher exit costs, which a citizen must bear if he or…Read more
University Tübingen
PhD, 1992
Areas of Specialization
Science, Logic, and Mathematics |
Value Theory |
Philosophical Traditions |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics and Epistemology |