Tool-box or toy-box? Hard obscurantism in economic modeling
作者： Jon Elster
DOI: 10.1007/S11229-015-0836-8
关键词: Rational choice theory 、 Philosophy 、 Irrationality 、 Philosophy of science 、 Metaphysics 、 Obscurantism 、 Epistemology 、 Economic model 、 Philosophy of language 、 Politics
摘要: “Hard obscurantism” is a species of the genus scholarly obscurantism. A rough intensional definition hard obscurantism that models and procedures become ends in themselves, dissociated from their explanatory functions. In present article, I exemplify criticize by examining writings eminent economists political scientists.
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