Pragmatism in Economic Methodology: The Duhem-Quine Thesis Revisited

Contemporary developments in economicmethodology have produced a vibrant agenda ofcompeting positions. These include, amongothers, constructivism, critical realism andrhetoric, with each contributing to the Realistvs. Pragmatism debate in the philosophies of thesocial sciences. A major development in theneo-pragmatist contribution to economicmethodology has been Quine's pragmatic assaulton the dogmas of empiricism, which are nowclearly acknowledged within contemporaryeconomic methodology. This assault isencapsulated in the celebrated Duhem-Quinethesis, which according to a number ofcontemporary leading philosophers of economics,poses a particularly serious methodologicalproblem for economics. This problem, asreflected in Hausman's analysis, consists ofthe inability of economics to learn fromexperience, thereby subverting the capacity totest economic theories. In this paper wedispute this position. Our argument is basedon a combination of Quine's holism with VanFraassen's constructive empiricism, especiallythe latter's analysis of empirical adequacy andhis pragmatic approach to explanation. Theresulting reorientation of economic methodologyrestores the capacity of economics to learnfrom experience and reinstates the imperativeof developing alternatives to orthodoxtheorizing in economics.     

论法律部门的划分标准与经济法的地位

传统法律部门的划分因其片面强调客观性和按法律调整的社会关系的性质来划分法律部门而有着固有的、难以弥补的缺陷，因此要令人信服地说明经济法作为独立的部门法的地位，就必须抛弃旧的框框，按主客观一致，以主观为主导的指导思想。重新来确定法律部门的划分标准。     

区域生态经济系统的稳定有序与经济增长

实现区域经济持续增长问题是人类社会发展中十分重要的课题。本文把区域经济发展与生态环境视为一个生态经济系统，分析了生态经济系统的性质。应用生态系统理论提出实现区域经济持续增长的策略和措施。     

A ROBUST DECOMPOSITION OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING USING A GOAL-PARTITIONING METHOD

The Dantzig/Wolfe linear programming decomposition algorithm has had important economicinterpretations as well as a widespread impact on solving large scale linear programming problem.Inthis paper we consider a similar underlying structure,where however there is only one couplinginequality or equation.With this simplification,we demonstrate how to achieve an equitable partitionof the overall coupling resource to individual subproblem constraints through a simple iterationprocedure which appears to be very efficient.     

社会主义发展的历史进程与经济全球化的理性发展

社会主义的兴起及其曲折发展与经济全球化的形成和不断推进有着密切的关联，而社会主义力量的存在和发展又是推动全球化朝着公正合理方向发展的重要因素。     

基于灰色系统理论的区域科技竞争力比较

提出区域科技竞争力的内涵，构造科技竞争力评价指标体系，基于灰色系统理论的关联度分析方法，对我国长江三角洲、珠江三角洲和环渤海经济圈三大经济区域的科技竞争力进行了比较分析，提出了相应的对策建议。     

推进河北省区域创新体系建设的思考

河北省推进区域创新体系建设 ,必须发挥比较优势 ,充分挖掘创新资源的多样性 ,强化企业创新主体地位 ,建立产学研联合的创新支撑体系 ,加强同京津的合作创新 ,建立开放的创新体系 ,实施传统优势产业与高技术产业协调发展的技术创新战略 ,建设具有地方特色的农业创新体系 ,加快科技中介服务体系建设 ,推动全社会加大创新投入 ,全力营造良好的创新环境。     

论经济管理活动中的会计监督

阐述了会计监督在经济活动中的作用,分析了目前会计监督职能丧失的原因,提出了在经济管理活动中加强会计监督的措施。     

图书馆应成为社会经济发展中的服务先锋

分析了图书馆为社会经济发展服务的优势和态度,探讨了图书馆为社会经济发展服务的具体措施。     

制造业经济效益的实证分析——基于安徽省的研究

通过选择经济效益指标以及提出组合评价方法,对安徽省2005年30个制造行业的经济效益进行了分析。