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Representational Theories and Theoretical Systems (I): Basic or General Theory and General-Class Theory

In: Economic Theories and their Relational Structures

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  • Erwin Klein

    (Dalhousie University)

Abstract

A representational theory is a theory which includes representational hypotheses; and a representational hypothesis, in contrast to a merely phenomenological one, provides an interpretative explanation of the object it refers to. Such an explanation goes beyond the description of the outward relations between two sets of variables — the explanandum and the explanans — to supply a representation of the hypothesized inward mechanism which determines the working of the referent; see Bunge (1967b).

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  • Erwin Klein, 1998. "Representational Theories and Theoretical Systems (I): Basic or General Theory and General-Class Theory," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Economic Theories and their Relational Structures, chapter 7, pages 76-94, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37764-6_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230377646_7
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