Inseparable Bedfellows: Imagination and Mathematics in Economic Modeling

IF 0.6 1区哲学 Q4 ETHICS

Philosophy of the Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-05-11 DOI:10.1177/00483931231169308

Fiora Salis, M. Leng

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Abstract

In this paper we explore the hypothesis that constrained uses of imagination are crucial to economic modeling. We propose a theoretical framework to develop this thesis through a number of specific hypotheses that we test and refine through six new, representative case studies. Our ultimate goal is to develop a philosophical account that is practice oriented and informed by empirical evidence. To do this, we deploy an abductive reasoning strategy. We start from a robust set of hypotheses and leave space for the generation of further hypotheses and theoretical claims based on the qualitative analysis of new empirical data.

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不可分割的同床共枕:经济建模中的想象与数学

在本文中，我们探讨了一个假设，即想象力的有限使用对经济建模至关重要。我们提出了一个理论框架，通过一些具体的假设来发展这篇论文，我们通过六个新的、有代表性的案例研究来检验和完善这些假设。我们的最终目标是发展一种以实践为导向、以实证为依据的哲学解释。为此，我们部署了一个溯因推理策略。我们从一组稳健的假设开始，并在对新的实证数据进行定性分析的基础上，为产生进一步的假设和理论主张留出空间。

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