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.     

Telyakovskiǐ型定理

本文在二阶连续模情形下,证明了满足Timan型估计的线性算子A,经过适当的修正后得到的线性算子A~+满足Telyakovskiǐ型估计。     

MeV Pb离子在非晶Si中的射程离散──离子束混合和增强扩散的影响

１．０ＭｅＶ２０８Ｐｂ离子在非晶Ｓｉ中的投影射程ＲＰ和射程偏差ΔＲＰ作为注量和温度二者的函数用背散射法进行测定．注量的变化范围为５×１０１３～７×１０１４ｃｍ－２．注入是在室温和ｔ＝－１２０℃下完成的．由由实验所确定的投影射程，射程偏差与注量或温度无关，并且分别等于２９５和７２．２ｎｍ．与ＴＲＩＭ８６的计算结果相比较，发现ＲＰ的偏离为１８％，而ΔＲＰ的偏离为３６％．ＲＰ和ΔＲＰ二者与注量及温度的无关性，排除了所观察到的与ＴＲＩＭ的矛盾是由于注入期间辐射增强扩散或离子束混合效应而引起的解释。     

巷旁充填沿空留巷技术研究

本文通过转Ⅳ喷射机组成的风力充填系统输送矸石——水泥胶凝混合料的巷旁充填研究,介绍了该技术在沿空留巷中应用及效果,并对改进提出了建议。     

工矿企业能量平衡通用模式的研究

提出了适用于工矿企业能量平衡的一种通用模式，将与ＧＢ３４８４－８３《企业能量平衡通则》再增加“一表两图”──“企业能量平衡表”、“企业能源网络图”和“企业能流图”的效果相一致，能更加科学、合理地反映企业能量平衡的结果。     

镁改型蛭石对铵离子的交换性能

对经人工改型所得的镁型蛭石进行了铵离子交换性能的研究．在不同pH值下测定了镁型蛭石对NHr的全交换容量，在不同温度下测定了样品的平衡等温线．结果表明，镁型蛭石对NH4^ 的交换总量随pH值的变化而波动，在pH值为7时其交换总量为59．32mmol／100g，其选择性随温度的降低而升高，这为蛭石作为一种新型填料提供了一定的理论依据。     

Evolutionary Computation and its Application

On Mar.23,2006,a project in the Major Program of NSFC-"Evolutionary computation and its application",managed by Prof.Licheng Jiao,Prof.Lishan Kang,Prof.Zhenya He,and Prof.Tao Xie,passed its Final Qualification Process and was evaluated as Excellent.