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The Future of Mathematics in Economics: a Philosophically Grounded Proposal
(The Future of Mathematics in Economics: a Philosophically Grounded Proposal - Fundations of Science, 2016)
The use of mathematics in economics has been widely discussed. The philosophical
discussion on what mathematics is remains unsettled on why it can be applied to
the study of the real world. We propose to get back to some ...
Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing Economics
(Journal of happiness studies, June 2014,, 2014)
A remarkable current development, happiness economics focuses on the relevance
of people’s happiness in economic analyses. As this theory has been criticised for
relying on an incomplete notion of happiness, this paper ...
Two Conceptions of Economics and Maximization
(Cambridge Journal of Economics 2013, 37, 759–774 doi:10.1093/cje/bes076, 2011)
Economics has evolved from a ‘domain-focused’ conception, i.e. the study of specific kinds of human activities, to a ‘scarcity-based’ conception, i.e. the study of a particular approach to all human choices. It thus enlarged ...
TWO CONCEPTIONS OF ECONOMICS
(Journal of Applied Economics-Leading Paper-Vol.XIV,N°2, November 2011:181-197., 2011)
As Ronald Coase points out there are two kinds of conceptions of economics: first, the conception that emphasizes the study of specific kinds of human activities; and second, the conception that makes economics the study ...
The Increasing Role of Practical Reason in the Human Development Reports
(Review of Social Economy, 2013, 2013)
This paper will argue for the need to reinsert practical reason into economics. It will first define, classify and characterize practical reason. Secondly, it will show how it applies to Economics (Section 2). Then, it ...
La legitimidad y alcance de la medición en ciencias sociales
(Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Economicas, UNC-LIX/128, 2009-2010:63-78., 2010)
En este trabajo luego de analizar la naturaleza de la matemática, del número y de la
medición se trata de determinar la legitimidad y alcance de varios tipos de mediciones
propios de las ciencias sociales, especialmente ...
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 ...
"Living in Complex Economies: On Inconsistent Expectations and Economic Crises "
(Filosofía de la economía. Publicación del Centro de investigación en Epistemología de las Ciencias Económicas. FCE-UBA:71-86., 2013)
Economic crises are associated with large shocks to beliefs and expectations. Thus, their
study includes the strategies that economic actors use to interpret and anticipate the
evolution of their environment. In this ...
Sen y Aristóteles. Razón práctica y economía
(Cuadernos Empresa y Humanismo, 111, Instituto de Empresa y Humanismo, Universidad de Navarra, 2010, 98 pp.., 2010)
Una tesis central de este texto es que los fines de la acción y la razón práctica están retornando a la Economía a través del “enfoque capacidades” (capability approach, CA) para el análisis de la pobreza, la igualdad y ...
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 ...