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