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Phenomenological Theories and Theoretical Systems (I): Generic and Data-Specific Theory

In: Economic Theories and their Relational Structures

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  • Erwin Klein

    (Dalhousie University)

Abstract

A phenomenological theory is a hypothetico-deductive system which only includes phenomenological hypotheses; and phenomenological hypotheses are, according to Bunge (1967b), those which, whether they contain observational concepts or are rather abstract (that is, epistemological uplift) constructions, they do not meddle with the inner working of systems but only with their outward behavior. All input-output relations in thermodynamics, electrical engineering and economics are phenomenological to the extent that they do not refer to processes whereby inputs are converted into outputs.

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  • Erwin Klein, 1998. "Phenomenological Theories and Theoretical Systems (I): Generic and Data-Specific Theory," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Economic Theories and their Relational Structures, chapter 9, pages 126-152, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37764-6_9
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230377646_9
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