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Pluralism and Heterodoxy: Introduction to the Special Issue

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  • Andrew Mearman

    (Bristol Business School, University of the West of England)

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This paper introduces a special issue of the journal devoted to work presented at two recent conferences of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE). The AHE is an organisation which advocates and provides a forum for non-mainstream approaches to economics. Recent conferences have focused on pluralism. Pluralism is a variegated concept with multiple motivations and arguments in its favour. Such arguments tend to be ontological and epistemological, but may also be pedagogical. Pluralism has been advocated as a moniker preferable to heterodoxy which might be adopted by non-mainstream economists. However, it is problematic. The papers which comprise the remainder of this issue illustrate that point. The papers are discussed in turn and contrasted.

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  • Andrew Mearman, 2008. "Pluralism and Heterodoxy: Introduction to the Special Issue," The Journal of Philosophical Economics, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, The Journal of Philosophical Economics, vol. 1(2), pages 5-25, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bus:jphile:v:1:y:2008:i:2:p:5-25
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    Keywords

    pluralism; Association for Heterodox Economics; ontology; epistemology; pedagogy;
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    • B59 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Other
    • Y20 - Miscellaneous Categories - - Introductions and Prefaces - - - Introductions and Prefaces

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