Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:29:05 -0400
Subject: Re: BHA: path dependence and critical realism


Hi Altug,

I just finished reading the Fine article, and am interested in the 
reactions those who are both Bhaskarian critical realists and 
economists.   I am a sociologist, and I learned to call myself a "critical 
realist" by reading Lonergan, rather than Bhaskar.  It seems to me that 
Fine's point about CR being more critical of method than theory is, if 
true, somewhat ironic.  It sounds as if CR is guilty of the epistemological 
fallacy.  I say this because I tend to regard methodology a first cousin to 
epistemology, and theory similarly close to ontology.

Dick

At 04:33 PM 04/26/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>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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