Browsing IAE-EC Artículos by Subject "Economics"
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Abduction in Economics: a Conceptual Framework and its Model
(Synthese:December 2013, Volume 190, Issue 18, pp 4215-4237, 2013)We discuss in this paper the scope of abduction in Economics. The literature on this type of inference shows that it can be interpreted in di erent ways, according to the role and nature of its outcome. We present a ... -
The capabilities approaches and Aristotelian Practical Reason
(Revista de Instituciones, Ideas y Mercados, n. 57, año XXIX, octubre de 2012, pp. 57-86, 2012)This paper deals with the problem of how to make decisions about capabilities, as conceived by Amartya Sen. Given their incommensurable character, how to determine the particular set of capabilities to be sought ... -
Cuestiones implícitas al medir en economía: El índice de desarrollo humano (IDH) como un estudio de campo.
(Revista Cultura Económica, Diciembre 2010, Año XXVIII, No. 79:33-42., 2010)An ancient desire of human beings has been to manage the future by fixing ends and means and calculating the best allocation of the later into the former. The earliest testimony of this ambition is expressed in Plato’s ... -
'The Economic' According to Aristotle: Ethical, Political and Epistemological Implications [
(Foundations of Science 13 (3-4):281-294 (2008), 2008)A renewed concern with Aristotle’s thought about the economic aspects of human life and society can be observed. Aristotle dealt with the economic issues in his practical philosophy. He thus considered ‘the economic’ ... -
Review of Andrew M. Yuengert’s Approximating prudence: Aristotelian practical wisdom and economic models of choice.
(Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, Volume 6, Issue 1,Spring 2013, pp. 127-133., 2013)Although it may sound paradoxical, this is a positive book about the limitations of economics. All sciences necessarily simplify. Sciences try to think deeply about their subjects, and to think we need to put away the ...