The Method of Ontological Unification in Economics. Some Neglected Aspects

• Autorzy: Łukasz Hardt

Warianty tytułu

Metoda unifikacji ontologicznej w ekonomii. Wybrane aspekty

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper focuses on the method on ontological unification in economics. It briefly reviews the literature dealing with various understandings of unificationist projects in economics. Next it puts emphasis on some interesting issues concerning the method of unification that did not attract much attention in the literature. Thus, the paper deals with the issue of the structure of ontologically unified theories and the process of their formation. It also analyses the problem of the nature of ontologically unified theories, i.e., their relation to their predecessors. Moreover, it raises the ethical issues concerning the method of ontological unification, including its relation to the concept of truth (in its correspondence version). The paper finishes by asking the question whether more unified theories offer better explanations and also whether they are closer to the truth. (original abstract)

Artykuł omawia kwestie metodologiczne związane ze stosowaniem metody unifikacji ontologicznej w ekonomii. Tekst rozpoczyna się od krótkiego przeglądu literatury dotyczącej tego zagadnienia, aby następnie zająć się tymi aspektami unifikacji ontologicznej, które nie są szczegółowo omawiane w literaturze. Artykuł opisuje więc kwestię struktury zunifikowanych ontologicznie teorii ekonomicznych, a także proces ich formowania, w tym ich relację do teorii, które podlegały procesowi unifikacji. W analizie nie pomija się również fundamentalnego zagadnienia związanego z tym, na ile bardziej zunifikowane teorie oferują lepsze wyjaśnienia, a także czy postępujący proces unifikacji ontologicznej w ramach danej dziedziny wiedzy (tutaj: ekonomii) musi oznaczać zbliżanie się do prawdy. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Economic theory; Ontology; History of economic thought

PL

Teoria ekonomii; Ontologia; Historia myśli ekonomicznej

• Czasopismo: Studia Ekonomiczne / Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Rocznik: 2013
• Numer: nr 1 (76)
• Strony: 73--89

Twórcy

autor

Łukasz Hardt

• University of Warsaw, Poland

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