INVESTIGADORES
CRESPO Ricardo Fernando
artículos
Título:
Keynes's Realisms
Autor/es:
RICARDO F. CRESPO
Revista:
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Editorial:
Routledge
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2008 vol. 15 p. 673 - 693
ISSN:
0967-2567
Resumen:
Abstract: Some authors pointed to a realist orientation in Keynes?s thought. However, since ?realism? is a wide, diffuse and sometimes equivocal term, one may ask, what kind of realism Keynes?s realism is. This paper argues that Keynes held to an ontological, logical-semantic and epistemic realism. Whereas ontological realism has metaphysical connections, logical-semantic realism involves a notion of truth and epistemological realism presupposes a theory of knowledge. The character of the subject-matter of knowledge circumscribes the scope of this last kind of realism. Epistemological realism is related to the role of intuition and convention in Keynes?s thought, the meaning and evolution of which is explained.
