Some Reflections on Popper's approach to Rationality and its implications for the Social Sciences

Algunas reflexiones acerca del enfoque popperiano sobre la racionalidad y sus implicaciones para las ciencias sociales

Iván H. Ayala () and Alfonso Palacio Vera ()
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Iván H. Ayala: Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales.
Alfonso Palacio Vera: Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Economía Aplicada III (Política Económica)., https://www.ucm.es//departamento-de-economia-aplicada,-publica-y-politica

No 15-03, Documentos de trabajo de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales

Abstract: There are two different notions of human rationality in Popper´s work: the notion that stems from his evolutionary theory of knowledge and learning (PTKL), and the notion embodied in his methodological proposal for the social sciences known as `Situational Analysis´ (SA). This essay provides an in-depth critical analysis of the relation between these two approaches and its implications for the social sciences. In particular, we focus on (i) the difference between PTKL and both the `objectivist´ and `subjectivist´ version of SA, (ii) Schumpeter´s distinction between the `rationality of the observer´ and the `rationality in the observed´, and (iii) Hayek´s arguments about the nature of the `facts´ of the social sciences.

Keywords: Evolucionista; Conocimiento; Popper; Racionalidad; Análisis situacional.; Evolutionary; Knowledge; Popper; Rationality; Situational analysis. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 B41 B52 D81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 60 pages
Date: 2015-03
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