It's just a feeling: why economic models do not explain

被引：20

作者：

Alexandrova, Anna ^{[1
]}

Northcott, Robert ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Hist & Philosophy Sci, Cambridge, England

[2] Univ London, Birkbeck Coll, Dept Philosophy, London, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY | 2013年 / 20卷 / 03期

关键词：

models; explanation; understanding; idealization;

D O I：

10.1080/1350178X.2013.828873

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

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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