Disputed (Disciplinary) Boundaries. Philosophy, Economics, Value Judgments

Paolo Silvestri ()
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Paolo Silvestri: University of Turin, http://www.est.unito.it/

Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers from University of Turin

Abstract: The paper aims to address the following two questions: what kind of discourse is that which attempt to found or defend the autonomy or the boundaries of a discipline? Why do such discourses tend to turn into normative, dogmatic-excommunicating discourses between disciplines, schools or scholars? I will argue that an adequate answer may be found if we conceive disciplines as dogmatics, where such discourses often take the form of a discourse on the foundation of a discipline, a foundation in the name of which the scholar speaks and with which he/she entertains an identity relationship. To this purpose I will re-examine the methodological discourses of (and debates between)Pareto, Croce and Einaudi on the demarcation issue between philosophy, economics and value-judgments as highly instructive to understand such issues.

Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2015-09
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Working Paper: Disputed (Disciplinary) Boundaries. Philosophy, Economics, Value Judgments (2017)
Working Paper: Disputed (Disciplinary) Boundaries. Philosophy, Economics, Value Judgments (2017)
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