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Rosenberg's “Lakatosian Consolations for Economists†: Comment

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Rosenberg (1986) argues that economists have embraced the methodology of scientific research programs, and the writings of Imre Lakatos (1978), at the same time that philosophers have been abandoning that approach. According to Rosenberg, the methodology of scientific research programs (MSRP) appears to allow some work in economics, which is neither tested nor testable, to be “scientific†nonetheless. That is, MSRP justifies some current practices which look hard to justify on strict falsificationist, or dogmatic positivist, grounds.

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  • Weintraub, E. Roy, 1987. "Rosenberg's “Lakatosian Consolations for Economists†: Comment," Economics and Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(1), pages 139-142, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:ecnphi:v:3:y:1987:i:01:p:139-142_00
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    1. Pierre Salmon, 1987. "Models, theories and arguments in economics [Modèles, théories et arguments en économique]," Working Papers hal-01534445, HAL.

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