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146Underdetermination in Economics. The Duhem-Quine ThesisEconomics and Philosophy 13 (1): 1-23. 1997.This paper considers the relevance of the Duhem-Quine thesis in economics. In the introductory discussion which follows, the meaning of the thesis and a brief history of its development are detailed. The purpose of the paper is to discuss the effects of the thesis in four specific and diverse theories in economics, and to illustrate the dependence of testing the theories on a set of auxiliary hypotheses. A general taxonomy of auxiliary hypotheses is provided to demonstrate the confounding of aux…Read more
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915Underdetermination in Economics: The Duhem-Quine ThesisEconomics and Philosophy 13 (1): 1-23. 1997.This paper considers the relevance of the Duhem-Quine thesis in economics. In the introductory discussion which follows, the meaning of the thesis and a brief history of its development are detailed. The purpose of the paper is to discuss the effects of the thesis in four specific and diverse theories in economics, and to illustrate the dependence of testing the theories on a set of auxiliary hypotheses. A general taxonomy of auxiliary hypotheses is provided to demonstrate the confounding of aux…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Religion |
Applied Ethics |
20th Century Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |