The book argues that contemporary macroeconomists cannot provide any conclusive evidence in support of causal hypotheses, and that macroeconomic policy analysis doesn't qualify as scientifically objective in any of the traditional meanings.
The book argues that contemporary macroeconomists cannot provide any conclusive evidence in support of causal hypotheses, and that macroeconomic policy analysis doesn't qualify as scientifically objective in any of the traditional meanings.
Tobias Henschen is a principal investigator in a research project that is hosted by the University of Cologne, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), and devoted to an investigation of the philosophical foundations of complexity economics. Previously, he had been holding temporary positions of full professor for epistemology and philosophy of science at University College Freiburg (2018-2020) and of assistant professor at the Philosophy Department at the University of Konstanz (2013-2018). From 2011 to 2013 he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and from 2009 to 2011 a postdoctoral research and teaching fellow at the Philosophy and Economics Departments of the University of Heidelberg. He holds degrees in economics and philosophy: a Licence (or BSc) in economics from the University of Toulouse 1 (2000), an MA in philosophy and economics (2001) and a PhD in philosophy from the University of Heidelberg (2009). He published a book on Heidegger's philosophy of science and language in 2010 and various articles in the fields of general philosophy of science, philosophy of economics, and the philosophy of Kant.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1 Introduction Part I: Causality 2 What is macroeconomic causality? 3 The ontology of macroeconomic aggregates 4 The in-principle inconclusiveness of causal evidence in macroeconomics 5 Causality and probability Part II: Objectivity 6 Scientific realism in macroeconomics 7 The role of non-scientific values in macroeconomics 8 Macroeconomic expertise 9 Macroeconomics in a democratic society
Preface 1 Introduction Part I: Causality 2 What is macroeconomic causality? 3 The ontology of macroeconomic aggregates 4 The in-principle inconclusiveness of causal evidence in macroeconomics 5 Causality and probability Part II: Objectivity 6 Scientific realism in macroeconomics 7 The role of non-scientific values in macroeconomics 8 Macroeconomic expertise 9 Macroeconomics in a democratic society
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