The superiority of economics and the economics of externalism - a sketch

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ID4516278
AutoresTim Winzler (0000-0003-1914-3100, University of Glasgow, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume32
Fascículo4
Páginas431-447
Data de publicação2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoScience in Context (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0269-8897 • E-ISSN: 1474-0664
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0269889720000058
PMID32202239
OpenAlexW3013827050
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas54

ArgumentThe article takes as its starting point the relationship of academic economists and the wider society. First, various bodies of literature that deal empirically with this matter are discussed: epistemologically, they range from a bold structuralism via a form of symbolic interactionism to a form of radical constructivism. A Bourdieusian approach is recommended to complement these perspectives with a comprehensive perspective that is sensible to the cultural differences between social groups. Starting from the established notions of field, capital and habitus, the article then attempts to go the initial steps towards formulating a theory of the specificity of academic economics, taking Germany as its example. For that it uses and compares in-depth interviews of recognized and non-recognized German economics students. It shows the thorough interweaving of specific normative and positive dispositions into a conviction of objectivity and disinterestedness. This exploratory empirical induction furthers follow-up questions, the empirical answering of which may help to gain a more complete understanding of the actions and thoughts of economists in their specific contexts

Algorithm · Economics · Epistemology · Externalism · Mathematical economics · Neoclassical economics · Positive economics · Sketch · Computer Science · Economic Theory and Institutions · Philosophy