Add to ORKGEconomic models characteristically appear as false. It is suggested that it may be possible to transform such an appearance of falsehood into truth of, or in, models. Two such ways are distinguished and outlined: [1] A model appears false because the precise truth claim intended when using the model has been mislocated. By carefully relocating the intended truth claim, the claim may indeed be true. [2] A model appears false because one has applied a concept of truth that conceives of truth as independent of our ways of recognising it. Once a concept of truth that makes it recognition-dependent (such as truth as warranted assertability) is adopted, the model may turn out to be true after all. Defending strategy [1] against [2], the essay exa...
The use of falsehoods is a common, if rarely recognized, part of many good scientific practices. In ...
The fact that many scientific models are idealised, and therefore incorporate known falsehoods, seem...
This paper does not focus neither on models nor on modelling procedures but rather on the nature of ...
Economic models characteristically appear as false. It is suggested that it may be possible to trans...
If models can be true, where is their truth located? Giere (e.g. 1988) has suggested an account of t...
If models can be true, where is their truth located? Giere (e.g. 1988) has suggested an account of t...
If models can be true, where is their truth located? Giere (e.g. 1988) has suggested an account of t...
This essay explores the notion of truth and how it is relative to the available facts
Many models in economics are very unrealistic. At the same time, economists put a lot of effort into...
The aphorism, ‘All models are wrong, but some models are useful’, originally referred to statistical...
How can an argument that is based on assumptions known to be false deliver any insightful conclusion...
As the title of this essay suggests, my concern is with the issue of what are economic models. Howev...
The use of falsehoods is a common, if rarely recognized, part of many good scientific practices. In ...
Julian Reiss finds an insoluble paradox in the claims that economic models are at the same time fals...
Economic theories are systems of beliefs about the world. Models formalize parts or aspects of theor...
The use of falsehoods is a common, if rarely recognized, part of many good scientific practices. In ...
The fact that many scientific models are idealised, and therefore incorporate known falsehoods, seem...
This paper does not focus neither on models nor on modelling procedures but rather on the nature of ...
Economic models characteristically appear as false. It is suggested that it may be possible to trans...
If models can be true, where is their truth located? Giere (e.g. 1988) has suggested an account of t...
If models can be true, where is their truth located? Giere (e.g. 1988) has suggested an account of t...
If models can be true, where is their truth located? Giere (e.g. 1988) has suggested an account of t...
This essay explores the notion of truth and how it is relative to the available facts
Many models in economics are very unrealistic. At the same time, economists put a lot of effort into...
The aphorism, ‘All models are wrong, but some models are useful’, originally referred to statistical...
How can an argument that is based on assumptions known to be false deliver any insightful conclusion...
As the title of this essay suggests, my concern is with the issue of what are economic models. Howev...
The use of falsehoods is a common, if rarely recognized, part of many good scientific practices. In ...
Julian Reiss finds an insoluble paradox in the claims that economic models are at the same time fals...
Economic theories are systems of beliefs about the world. Models formalize parts or aspects of theor...
The use of falsehoods is a common, if rarely recognized, part of many good scientific practices. In ...
The fact that many scientific models are idealised, and therefore incorporate known falsehoods, seem...
This paper does not focus neither on models nor on modelling procedures but rather on the nature of ...