Reasoning with Models in Thought Experiments: Applying Häggqvist's Template to Economics
Sprache des Vortragstitels:
Englisch
Original Tagungtitel:
17th International Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Sprache des Tagungstitel:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
A central theme in methodology of economics is reconstructing how economists reason with models (see e.g. Sugden 2002, Morgan 2012, Jhun 2021). Acknowledging that the role of thought experiments in economics as well as the relation between thought experiments and models are contested (see e.g. Reiss 2016, Thoma 2016), this paper provides an account of reasoning with models as centrepieces of thought experiments.
Numerous thought experiments can be reconstructed as arguments (Norton 2004). More specifically, many thought experiments in philosophy and the natural sciences can be spelled out by one argument template (Häggqvist 2009). This paper substantiates the applicability of Häggqvist?s template and of its refinement devised by Linsbichler and Cunha (2023a, 2023b) to economics.