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Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Aufsatznummer | 212 |
Fachzeitschrift | SYNTHESE |
Jahrgang | 201 |
Ausgabenummer | 6 |
Frühes Online-Datum | 9 Juni 2023 |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - Juni 2023 |
Abstract
In this paper I will discuss the problem of evaluating dynamic properties of the procedural rules that govern science. I will propose a novel framework for evaluating dynamic properties of such rules. This framework is based upon an analogy from New Institutional Economics. I will argue that the concept of ‘adaptive efficiency’, as it has been developed by Douglass North, solves a problem in economics that is analogous to the problem of evaluating dynamic properties of the procedural rules that govern science. I will propose to apply the main ideas underlying this concept to Chrysostomos Mantzavinos’s theory of Explanatory Games. Based on these ideas, I will develop the concept of ‘explanatory efficiency’. This concept is meant to provide the means to evaluate the dynamic properties of Explanatory Games. I will argue that the proposed analogy also motivates more general applications of New Institutional Economics to traditional problems of philosophy of science.
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in: SYNTHESE, Jahrgang 201, Nr. 6, 212, 06.2023.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Explanatory efficiency
T2 - A framework for analyzing the dynamic properties of explanatory games
AU - Lipski, Jonas
N1 - Funding Information: I want to thank Martin Carrier, Alexander Linsbichler and Chrysostomos Mantzavinos for very helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper. I also want to thank the two anonymous reviewers for their constructive criticism.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - In this paper I will discuss the problem of evaluating dynamic properties of the procedural rules that govern science. I will propose a novel framework for evaluating dynamic properties of such rules. This framework is based upon an analogy from New Institutional Economics. I will argue that the concept of ‘adaptive efficiency’, as it has been developed by Douglass North, solves a problem in economics that is analogous to the problem of evaluating dynamic properties of the procedural rules that govern science. I will propose to apply the main ideas underlying this concept to Chrysostomos Mantzavinos’s theory of Explanatory Games. Based on these ideas, I will develop the concept of ‘explanatory efficiency’. This concept is meant to provide the means to evaluate the dynamic properties of Explanatory Games. I will argue that the proposed analogy also motivates more general applications of New Institutional Economics to traditional problems of philosophy of science.
AB - In this paper I will discuss the problem of evaluating dynamic properties of the procedural rules that govern science. I will propose a novel framework for evaluating dynamic properties of such rules. This framework is based upon an analogy from New Institutional Economics. I will argue that the concept of ‘adaptive efficiency’, as it has been developed by Douglass North, solves a problem in economics that is analogous to the problem of evaluating dynamic properties of the procedural rules that govern science. I will propose to apply the main ideas underlying this concept to Chrysostomos Mantzavinos’s theory of Explanatory Games. Based on these ideas, I will develop the concept of ‘explanatory efficiency’. This concept is meant to provide the means to evaluate the dynamic properties of Explanatory Games. I will argue that the proposed analogy also motivates more general applications of New Institutional Economics to traditional problems of philosophy of science.
KW - Economics of science
KW - Explanatory games
KW - New institutional economics
KW - Theory of explanation
KW - Theory of scientific change
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85163059503&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11229-023-04208-0
DO - 10.1007/s11229-023-04208-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85163059503
VL - 201
JO - SYNTHESE
JF - SYNTHESE
SN - 0039-7857
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