PRAGMATISMO E ECONOMIA: ELEMENTOS FILOSÓFICOS PARA UMA INTERPRETAÇÃO DO DISCURSO ECONÔMICO

Paulo Gala, Danilo Araújo Fernandes and José Márcio Rego

Anais do XXXII Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 32th Brazilian Economics Meeting] from ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pósgraduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics]

Abstract: This paper brings elements from the pragmatic philosophy to the debate on methodology in economics, with a specific concern on the theory of truth and its connection with epistemology. After briefly discussing the contributions of William James, John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce and the works of Willard Quine and Richard Rorty in this area, we point out to some of the influences that this school of thought may have had on the work of important economists such as J. M. Keynes, M. Friedman and T. Veblen. We then conclude with some reflections that may be useful for research made by economists.

JEL-codes: B41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004

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