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Reflexión sobre la fundamentación teórica de la contabilidad como ciencia

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  • Edgar A. Martínez Meza

    (Universidad Nacional Experimental Sur del Lago (Venezuela))

  • Yraima C. Arteaga Urdaneta

    (Universidad Nacional Experimental Sur del Lago (Venezuela))

Abstract

La contabilidad y su actual discurso para algunos estudiosos del área no deben ser aun considerada ciencia ni teoría dado que la utilización de sus bases conceptuales se limita a la simple aplicación de normas y procedimientos cuidando en ellas el fiel cumplimiento de preceptos internacionales cuyo fin es delimitar su accionar. Los profesionales de la materia contable parecieran enfocar su esfuerzo a convertir- se en tenedores de libros exclusivamente, es decir, basan su empeño en la aplicación de su racionalidad instrumental, en preservar su condición de proceso de identificación, medición y comunicación de información cuantitativa, en la búsqueda de conservar su eficiente condición de sistema de información financiero; inferimos que de esa manera intentan preservar su existencia y permanencia en la vida haciendo de ello una forma de generación de ingresos como base para el sustento de su entorno familiar. Satisfacer a las empresas en su necesidad de información contable, lo que conlleva a la contabilidad a ser-parecer un simple proceso mecanicista. En este ensayo se propone analizar la posición teórico - epistemológica de estudiosos de las ciencias, la utilización de elementos propios de las ciencias naturales esgrimidos para la construcción y reconstrucción de la estructura conceptual de las ciencias sociales, y el discurso de la cientificidad de la contabilidad. / Accounting and its current discourse for some researchers of the subject shouldn’t be considered a science nor theory given that the use of their conceptual bases its limited to the simple application of rules and procedures, ensuring strict compliance with international precepts which aim is to delimit their actions. Professionals on the accounting subject seem to focus their efforts to become bookkeepers exclusively, i.e., they base their commitment to the implementation of its instrumental rationality, to preserve their identification processing, measurement and communication of quantitative information status, on the search to preserve its system of financial information efficient status; we infer that this way they try to preserve their existence and permanence in life making it a way of generating income as a basis for the livelihood of their family environment. Satisfy companies in their need for accounting information, which leads to accounting to be-seem like a simple mechanical process. This essay aims to analyze the theoretical- epistemological position of science researchers, the use of elements of the natural sciences for the construction and reconstruction of the conceptual structure of the social sciences, and the discourse of the scientificity of accounting.

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  • Edgar A. Martínez Meza & Yraima C. Arteaga Urdaneta, 2014. "Reflexión sobre la fundamentación teórica de la contabilidad como ciencia," Revista Actualidad Económica, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Economía y Finanzas, vol. 24(84), pages 5-11, Sept-Dic.
  • Handle: RePEc:ief:revaec:v:24:y:2014:i:84:p:5-11
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    Keywords

    Contabilidad; ciencia; epistemología; empirismo;
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    JEL classification:

    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting

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