Some thoughts on multiplicity

Warren Samuels

Journal of Economic Methodology, 1995, vol. 2, issue 2, 287-292

Abstract: Analyzes means and results of reduction of variables from evident multiplicity to a manageable few, the latter driven by conceptions of science and disciplinary paradigm and problem formulation. Attention is given to the use of such concepts as 'natural', 'distortion', 'anomalies', and assumptions as to rights. To the inevitability of the selective reduction of multiplicity and complexity is juxtaposed the necessity of taking account thereof and of the limits thereby imposed on analysis.

Keywords: multiplicity; complexity; science; natural; distortion; anomalies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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