Browsing by Subject "Sen"
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La “pirámide invertida” de capacidades
(Revista de Economía Política de Buenos Aires (F. de Economía, UBA), 2009)Una crítica del “enfoque capacidades” (EC) de Sen es que resulta poco operativo debido al carácter heterogéneo de éstas. Sólo parece haber soluciones para cada caso concreto. Pero esta respuesta no es suficiente para ... -
A teleological causal mechanism for economics. Socio-economic machines.
(In A. Lazzarini & D. Weisman (eds.), Perspectives on Epistemology of Economics. FCE, UBA 2012, 123-138., 2012)In the last years, given the problems of the so-called ‘received view’, a new kind of explanation has appeared in the realm of the philosophy of science, the causal mechanism explanations. This kind of mechanism has been ... -
Theoretical and Practical Reason in Economics. Capacities and Capabilities
(Springer Briefs in Philosophy, 2012)The aim of this book is to argue in favor of the usefulness of restoring the exercise of theoretical and practical reason in economics. The book presents some of Nancy Cartwright and Amartya Sen’s ideas as instances of ... -
Turning Sen's capability approach operative thanks to Aristotle's ideas
(Sapientia (F. de Filosofía, UCA) Sapientia Vol. LXV, Fasc. 225-226, 2009, 2010)The capabilities approaches (CA) have been originated in the work of the economist Amartya Sen on inequality. Sen, born in India in 1933, is currently Emeritus Professor of Harvard University. He is still active in teaching ...