Explanation in Economics

Philippe Verreault-Julien

doi:10.4324/9781315739793-27

Explanation in Economics

Philippe Verreault-Julien

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Discussions in the literature on economic methodology often do not explicitly concern explanation. The goal of this chapter is to show that, often implicitly, some key discussions are best understood as reflecting debates about explanation in economics. Disputes about, for instance, causal inference, idealizations, or microfoundations are debates about whether and how economics (should) explain. Examination of these issues through the prism of explanation sheds light on what is actually at stake and may help us progress on the route to solving them.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Economics
Editors	Conrad Heilmann, Julian Reiss
Publisher	Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter	22
Pages	300-315
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317578062
ISBN (Print)	9781138824201
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315739793-27
Publication status	Published - 2021

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