Avoiding Explosion in Philosophy and Economics

Description

A central theme in methodology of economics is reconstructing how economists reason with models. Acknowledging that the role of thought experiments in economics as well as the relation between thought experiments and models are contested, this paper provides an account of reasoning with models as centrepieces of thought experiments. Numerous thought experiments can be reconstructed as one or more arguments. More specifically, many thought experiments in philosophy and the natural sciences can even be spelled out by Häggqvist’s argument template. This paper substantiates the applicability of Häggqvist’s template to economics and presents a refined template devised by Linsbichler and da Cunha which focuses on the avoidance of explosion in reasoning.

Period	10 Aug 2023
Event title	DEaling With Inconsistencies in Philosophy and the Sciences
Event type	Conference
Location	BrazilShow on map