The Characteristics and Methods of Economics
This chapter deals with economic method, highlighting the relevance of striking a reasonable balance between theory and empirical observations. While data without theory is useless, theory without data leads to an imaginary construct detached from reality
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Ricardo F. Crespo
Philosophy of the Economy An Aristotelian Approach
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Philosophy of the Economy An Aristotelian Approach
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Ricardo F. Crespo Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Department of Philosophy, and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas Mendoza Argentina
ISSN 2211-4548 ISBN 978-3-319-02647-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-02648-0
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Acknowledgments
I am very pleased to thank many people who have contributed—in one way or another—to this book that contains ideas developed over many years. Some have encouraged me to work on these issues; others have discussed these topics with me, and others have read and commented on parts of it or earlier works that served as its basis. This list notably includes Rafael Alvira, Albino Barrera, Marcel Boumans, John Davis, Sheila Dow, D. Wade Hands, Daniel Heymann, Joaquín García Huidobro, Juan José Llach, Alejandro Llano, Gustavo Marques, Uskali Mäki, Jorge Martínez Barrera, Miguel
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