Retroduction as mixed-methods triangulation in economic research
Reorienting Economics Into Social Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8077463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Downward (0000-0002-6374-4176, corresponding author), Andrew Mearman (0000-0003-0601-8060) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-99 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Journal of Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-166X • E-ISSN: 1464-3545 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cje/bel009 |
| OpenAlex | W2032661218 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 65 |
| References cited | 17 |
This paper argues that mixed-methods triangulation can be understood as the manifestation of retroduction, the logic of inference espoused by critical realism. As such, it can provide the basis upon which different insights upon the same phenomenon can be sensibly combined and thus has the potential to unite aspects of different traditions of economic and social thought. In this regard, the paper supports Lawson's view that the exclusive insistence on mathematical and statistical modelling in economics is misguided. The paper explores how disciplinary boundaries may be broken down and interdisciplinary social science, of which economics can be a part, established
Discipline · Economics · Epistemology · Inference · Neoclassical economics · Phenomenon · Positive economics · Realism · Social science · Sociology · Triangulation · Critical Realism in Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Mathematics · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 3,1 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 64 |