Subject: BHA: path dependence and critical realism
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:33:20 +0200


Hi Ruth and all,

I am very happy that you found useful what I sent to you. As you
asked, I am an economists and doing my PhD at Erasmus Institute for
Philosophy and Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Maybe I can kindly request some help from you : Does anyone know or familiar
with any useful paper or book that makes a critical evaluation of
path-dependence approach? I have read an article by Ben Fine (from SOAS)
where he poses himself critical to "critical realism". One of his arguments
against critical realist perspective is that Paul David's framework lacks
realist interpretation and accepting his point makes one get closer to the
mainstream interpretation. The paper is downloadable from the following
address:

Ben Fine, "Addressing the Critical and the Real in Critical Realism",
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~dialogue/documents/ben_fine_critreal.htm

Can anyone suggest me any readings for and against the 'path-dependence'
idea in economics and political science?

Thanks in advance,

Altug (this is correct!)




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