知识规则论:诺思制度经济学解读

The Rules of Knowledge:An Interpretation on Institutional Economics of North

作为一种“朝向经济事实本身”的“复杂性理论”,诺思制度经济学的重要方法论基础是“知识规则论”。知识与规则的实践互动,“知识—规则”与人口、资源、技术、资本的多层次“解释学循环”,构成诺思理解经济现象的核心框架。从“知识规则论”可以更深刻地理解诺思制度经济学的本质、特点、创新之处及其“潜在可驳性”。诺思制度经济学在本质上是建构主义的。在哈耶克“自由秩序理论”语境下,建构主义有其“潜在可驳性”。在经济哲学视野中,以经济绩效为目标的诺思制度经济学,可能适用诺思自身对新古典经济学的一个评价——“已经将一个基本矛盾铸入其模型之中”。

As a ＂complicated theory＂ ＂towards economical facts themselves＂, the important methodological foundation of North＇s institutional economics is ＂the rules of knowledge＂. The interaction between knowledge and rules, and a multi-stratum ＂hermeneutic ring＂ of ＂knowledge-rules＂ and population, resources, technology and capital, constitutes the kernel framework of North＇s understanding of economical phenomena. The nature, the characteristics, the innovation and its ＂hidden refutability＂ of North＇s institutional economics can be deeply understood through ＂knowledge rules＂. North＇s institutional economics is essentially constructivist. In the context of Hayek＇s ＂theory of free order＂, the constructivism has its ＂hidden refutability＇. In the view of economical philosophy, North＇s institutional economics which takes economical efficiency as its goal may be suitable to his own view of neo-classicism, i. e. , ＂has put a basic contradiction into its mode. ＂