It's just a feeling: why economic models do not explain
Alexandrova, A. and Northcott, Robert (2013) It's just a feeling: why economic models do not explain. Journal of Economic Methodology 20 (3), pp. 262-267. ISSN 1350-178X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2013.828873
Abstract
Julian Reiss correctly identified a trilemma about economic models: we cannot maintain that they are false, but nevertheless explain and that only true accounts explain. In this reply we give reasons to reject the second premise – that economic models explain. Intuitions to the contrary should be distrusted.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | "This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Journal of Economic Methodology on September 1st 2013, available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2013.828873 |
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | explanation, idealization, models, understanding |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies |
| Depositing User: | Robert Northcott |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2014 07:22 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:13 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/10717 |
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