INVESTIGADORES
CRESPO Ricardo Fernando
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
A Teleological Causal Mechanism for Economics: Socio-economic Machines
Autor/es:
CRESPO, RICARDO F.
Lugar:
Buenos Aires
Reunión:
Jornada; XVII Jornadas de Epistemología de las Ciencias Económicas; 2011
Institución organizadora:
CIECE
Resumen:
In the last years, given the problems of the so-called received view, a new kind of explanation has appeared in the realm of the philosophy of science, the causal mechanism explanations (see, e.g., Woodward 1989). This kind of mechanism has been applied to different disciplines. In the area of social science we can mention the works of John Gerring (2008, 2010) and Colin Wight (2004) applying it to politics. In this paper I will propose to combine Nancy Cartwrights conception of capacities and nomological machines (1989, 1999) with Amartya Sens capabilities (1993) in order to enact a causal mechanism for economics.
