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Transcendental realism – a foundation for evolutionary economics?

Pradeep Philip (The University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia.)

International Journal of Social Economics

ISSN: 0306-8293

Article publication date: 1 December 1995

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Abstract

In the light of a resurgence of “evolutionary” research, sets out to raise some of the philosophical issues associated with an evolutionary conception of economics. Considers Tony Lawson′s work on transcendental realism as a point of departure in the building of an argument which promotes the adoption of a pluralist and holistic conception of economics. Suggests that, while Lawson′s transcendental realism has largely been developed independently of evolutionary economics, with the modifications outlined it may provide a suitable starting point for the formulation of philosophical foundations of evolutionary economics. Augments Lawson′s argument by the suggested adoption of an organic framework and the notion of types as the means of providing a base for the pluralist outlook of evolutionary economics.

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Philip, P. (1995), "Transcendental realism – a foundation for evolutionary economics?", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 22 No. 12, pp. 19-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299510104723

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