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Le réalisme cognitif et l’avenir du “Modèle économique”

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  • Olivier FAVEREAU

    (Université de Paris X)

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Van Parijs proves that some functionalist or evolutionary schemes of explanation (those by reinforcement or accomodation) are coherent with the usual economic model of explanation (micro-foundations of macro-observations), provided that individual rationality is less than perfect. Strangely, Van Parijs does not allow the economic model to do this step toward « cognitive Realism », and argues for its keeping a strong hypothesis of individual rationality. This contradiction induces two consequences: Van Parijs cannot integrate recent economic research on institutions, and his work remains trapped within the boundaries of Friedman's Methodology of Positive Economics (1953).

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  • Olivier FAVEREAU, 1992. "Le réalisme cognitif et l’avenir du “Modèle économique”," Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain) 1992012, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
  • Handle: RePEc:ctl:louvre:1992012
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