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Causality and normal states in economics and other disciplines

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In this article, past and recent accounts of causality and the notion of normal state adopted in various disciplines are linked to the philosophical insights of John Stuart Mill and Piero Sraffa in order to provide a particular focus on economic theory. A simple neuron model and the theory of natural price in Adam Smith are taken as typical applications of causality plus normality and serve to argue that the deviations from a normal state can play two roles in economic theory: (1) the selecting of causes and causal explanations and (2) agency represented by the variables of a causal model.

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  • Sergio Parrinello, 2016. "Causality and normal states in economics and other disciplines," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(1), pages 127-151, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:23:y:2016:i:1:p:127-151
    DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2013.845790
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    1. Sergio Parrinello, 2014. "A search for distinctive features of demand-led growth models," PSL Quarterly Review, Economia civile, vol. 67(270), pages 309-342.
    2. Saverio M. Fratini & Alessia Naccarato, 2016. "The Gravitation of Market Prices as A Stochastic Process," Metroeconomica, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 67(4), pages 698-716, November.
    3. Enrico Bellino & Christian Bidard & Saverio M. Fratini & G.C. Harcourt & Arrigo Opocher & Ian Steedman & Naoki Yoshihara & Heinz D. Kurz, 2017. "Symposium on Arrigo Opocher and Ian Steedman (," Metroeconomica, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 68(4), pages 586-624, November.

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