On the Scientism and Positivism in Economics
Zhang Jun-bo
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Zhang Jun-bo
Abstract
From a brief review of the history of economics,we can see that economics has made a great development and mathematical economics and econometrics have been evolved under the guidance of scientism and positivism.The tradition of scientism and positivism in economics cannot be discarded,but the object and content of economic research may experience profound changes.
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From a brief review of the history of economics,we can see that economics has made a great development and mathematical economics and econometrics have been evolved under the guidance of scientism and positivism.The tradition of scientism and positivism in economics cannot be discarded,but the object and content of economic research may experience profound changes.
Key concepts: Scientism, Positivism, Positive economics, Economics, Neoclassical economics, Object (grammar), Epistemology, Social science