Nancy Cartwright, Capacities and Nomological Machines. The Role of Theoretical Reason in Science
This chapter introduces Cartwright’s thinking. She holds that explanation is the aim of science and that science should explain real causes using theoretical reason. Stable causes repeatedly linked originate what she calls “nomological machines”. Cartwrig
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Ricardo F. Crespo
Theoretical and Practical Reason in Economics Capacities and Capabilities
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Ricardo F. Crespo Department of Economics IAE, Universidad Austral Pilar, Buenos Aires Argentina
ISSN 2211-4548 ISBN 978-94-007-5563-5 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5564-2
ISSN 2211-4556 (electronic) ISBN 978-94-007-5564-2 (eBook)
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Preface
Economics and Philosophy have been the two academic loves of my life. Hav ing two loves in this case is not a sign of infidelity. A philosopher is “a lover of wisdom”. The philosophical perspective is the loveliest perspective of any subject of knowledge. Thus, far from competing, philosophy reinforces love. Through the philosophic al lens I came to love economics more and more. These two loves have led me to the reflections contained in this book. Economics was born as a practical or moral science about the bes
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