REALISM, REGULARITIES, AND PREDICTION

Authors
COTTRELL A
Citation
A. Cottrell, REALISM, REGULARITIES, AND PREDICTION, Review of social economy, 56(3), 1998, pp. 347-355
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Review of social economy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00346764
Volume
56
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
347 - 355
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6764(1998)56:3<347:RRAP>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Problems are identified with the transcendental argument that Lawson u ses to make a case for realism in economics: this argument relies heav ily upon an unproblematized conception of Free Will. Lawson's substant ive conclusions are not vitiated, but the argument presented here sugg ests that he underestimates the role of regularities and prediction in economics.