Theory, Reality, and Performativity in Markets
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Theory, Reality, and Performativity in Markets
The purpose of this article is to analyze the relation between scientific knowledge in the form of theories and the world that such theories are about. The focus is on market theories. I argue that everyday knowledge, conceptualized using the notion of “lifeworld,” is the bedrock of scientific knowledge. I also make two distinctions, one between types of markets and one between principles of or...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Economics and Sociology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0002-9246,1536-7150
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2007.00515.x