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Originally posted by N.R.KISSED:
[b]I am arguing against the unexamined philosophical assumptions by which certain economists are making claims to of empirical validity. I am arguing that a science cannot be defined by it's mathematical models alone and seperate from it's assumptions and constructs. [/b]
Philosophy - a certain type of philosophy, anyway - makes use of mathematical logic and constructs rigorous proofs. Yet no one makes the kinds of claims for philosophy that many economists make for economics. That's because philosophers realize that logical proofs depend on concepts and presuppositions that are open to dispute, whether they are in fact disputed or not in a given time and place.
In other words, I agree.
[ 02 March 2008: Message edited by: RosaL ]