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。     

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.     

整机老炼条件的优化设计

本文通过工程实例，阐述如何利用现有信息来设计产品的老炼条件，以使它在保证产品达到规定可靠性的前提下尽量节省成本     

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。     

流水施工组织方法及经济效益剖析

简要介绍了3种不同的流水施工组织方法,并阐述了流水施工的经济效益,指出流水施工的组织方法是建设项目早日投产的首要条件。     

我国注册会计师行业发展中若干问题的经济学分析

介绍了注册会计师供给关系的形成原因,分析了影响注册会计师的供需因素,探讨了注册会计师行业发展中存在的问题及对策。     

滴灌管不同埋置方式对黄瓜生长的影响

研究了不同滴灌管埋置方式对黄瓜的生长发育、水分利用及土壤硝态氮、铵态氮分布等特性的影响,以期为选择合理的滴灌管埋置方式提供科学依据。     

我国经济信息网站的现状研究

在搜索与访问国内主要经济信息网站的基础上,对我国近十几年来经济信息网站的开发与维护的状况、所取得的成就做了分析。     

浅谈幼儿基本体操对幼儿发育的促进作用

幼儿基本体操是以幼儿为对象,以增强体质为目的的大众健身体操。从幼儿基本体操的概念上、幼儿生理上、心理上、智力发展方面介绍和论述幼儿基本体操对幼儿发育的促进作用。