Theoretical and Practical Reason in Economics
Capacities and Capabilities
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Product details:
- Edition number 2013
- Publisher Springer Netherlands
- Date of Publication 26 September 2012
- Number of Volumes 1 pieces, Book
- ISBN 9789400755635
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages109 pages
- Size 235x155 mm
- Weight 1942 g
- Language English
- Illustrations IX, 109 p. 0
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Long description:
The aim of the book is to argue for the restoration of theoretical and practical reason to economics. It presents Nancy Cartwright and Amartya Sen’s ideas as cases of this restoration and sees Aristotle as an influence on their thought. It looks at how we can use these ideas to develop a valuable understanding of practical reason for solving concrete problems in science and society. Cartwright’s capacities are real causes of events. Sen’s capabilities are the human person’s freedoms or possibilities. They relate these concepts to Aristotelian concepts. This suggests that these concepts can be combined. Sen’s capabilities are Cartwright’s capacities in the human realm; capabilities are real causes of events in economic life. Institutions allow us to deliberate on and guide our decisions about capabilities, through the use of practical reason. Institutions thus embody practical reason and infuse certain predictability into economic action. The book presents a case study: the UNDP’s HDI.
MoreTable of Contents:
Table of contents.- Summary.- Preface.- Chapter I: Introduction.- Chapter II: Nancy Cartwright, Capacities and Nomological Machines: The Role of Theoretical Reason in Science.- Chapter III: Sen’s Capability Approach: The Role of Practical Reason in Social Science.- Chapter IV: The Contributions of Aristotle’s Thought to the Capability Approach.- Chapter V: Socio-Economic Machines and Practical Models of Development: The Role of the Human Development Index.- Chapter VI: Conclusion: Theoretical and Practical Reason in Economics.
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