Coming back to theoretical and practical rationalities in Economics

نویسندگان

  • Ricardo F. Crespo
  • Alessandro Vercelli
چکیده

Given the shortcomings of standard economic rationality, we are witnessing an explosion of new adjectives of “rationality” in Economics. The aim of this paper is to introduce two classical forms of rationality, i.e., theoretical and practical rationalities, which may successfully apply to Economics. The paper shortly presents these notions, the causes of the decay of their use and the current “resurrection” of them. It argues for their reinsertion into Economics. The paper is intended as an informal introduction to further developments on this line of enquiry. Resumen: Dadas las carencias de la noción estándar de racionalidad económica, estamos viviendo una explosión de nuevos adjetivos de la “racionalidad” en economía. El fin de este trabajo es introducir dos formas clásicas de racionalidad, la racionalidad teórica y práctica, que podrían aplicarse con éxito a la economía. El trabajo presenta brevemente estas nociones, las causas de su decadencia y su actual “resurrección”. Argumenta a favor de su reinserción en la economía. El trabajo sólo pretende efectuar una introducción informal a futuros desarrollos de esta línea de investigación.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008