波普尔派哲学和经济学方法论

Popperian Philosophy and Economic Methodology

波普尔派哲学,尤其是波普尔的证伪主义和拉卡托斯的科学研究纲领方法论,对当代西方经济学方法论有重要影响。然而,它们给经济学家提供的方法论建议所面临的种种困难表明,尽管经济学家也许能够在其它方面从波普尔派哲学的影响受益,但无论是波普尔的证伪主义,还是拉卡托斯的科学研究纲领方法论,都没有给接受或拒绝经济理论提供合适的引导。

Popperian philosophy, Popper' s falsificationism and Lakatos' s ' methodology of scientific research programs in particular', has great impact on contemporary western economic methodology. However, the problems facing the advice on methodology offered to economists show, while economists may benefit from the influence of Popperian philosophy in some ways, neither Popper's falsificationism nor Lakatos's methodology provides an appropriate guide to the acceptance or rejection of economic theories.