 Filosofia da ciência como ferramenta microeconômica [Philosophy of science as a microeconomic tool]Fabio Barbieri
Nova Economia, 2006, vol. 16, issue 3, 507-534 Abstract: Neoclassical theory assumes perfect knowledge. In turn, Hayekian criticism of this theory affirms that this knowledge is the result of the competitive process, and therefore cannot be considered as a given. The "Hayek Problem" investigates the conditions under which agents knowledge approaches the true fundamentals of an economy. In order to solve this problem, our paper uses ideas taken from the methodology of science known as the "growth of knowledge" theory (Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos and others). These ideas are used to understand how agents knowledge evolves, especially the knowledge of entrepreneurs. These are seen as active formulators of conjectural entrepreneurial theories that are criticized in the competitive process, and not as passive agents that maximize already known functions as in conventional theory. We use philosophy of science not to methodologically analyze microeconomics, but as an analytical tool that is part of economic theory. Keywords: microeconomics; entrepreneurship; methodology; Hayek; Popper (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nov:artigo:v:16:y:2006:i:3:p:507-534 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Nova Economia is currently edited by Gustavo de Britto Rocha More articles in Nova Economia from Economics Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil) Av. Antonio Carlos, 6627 - Predio da FACE Belo Horizonte, 31270-901 Brazil. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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