Phenomenological Theories and Theoretical Systems (I): Generic and Data-Specific Theory

Erwin Klein
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Erwin Klein: Dalhousie University

Chapter 9 in Economic Theories and their Relational Structures, 1998, pp 126-152 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract A phenomenological theory is a hypothetico-deductive system which only includes phenomenological hypotheses; and phenomenological hypotheses are, according to Bunge (1967b), those which, whether they contain observational concepts or are rather abstract (that is, epistemological uplift) constructions, they do not meddle with the inner working of systems but only with their outward behavior. All input-output relations in thermodynamics, electrical engineering and economics are phenomenological to the extent that they do not refer to processes whereby inputs are converted into outputs.

Keywords: Relational Structure; Final Demand; Phenomenological Theory; Primary Input; Empirical Realization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230377646_9

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