Economic Fictions and the Methodology of Positive Economics

November 13, 2015
Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University

The Castle
225 Bay State Rd
Boston 02215
United States

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Paul Hoyningen-Huene
Universität Hannover
Tarja Knuttila
University of South Carolina
Peter Spiegler
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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The Robert S. Cohen Forum

ECONOMIC FICTIONS AND THE METHODOLOGY OF POSITIVE ECONOMICS

Friday, November 13th, 2015 2pm-5pm
The Castle 225 Bay State Rd.

Revisiting Friedman’s F53: Hedging, Popper, and Weber

Paul Hoyningen-Huene Philosophy, Leibniz Universität Hannover & Economics, Universität Zürich

Economics and the Epistemology of ‘As-If’

Peter Spiegler Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Counterfactual Storytelling and Fictional Modeling: Friedman vs. Tobin on the Causation of Nominal Income

Tarja Knuuttila Philosophy, University of South Carolina

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