Book Chapter
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Citation
Dow SC (2019) Geoff Hodgson on Pluralism and Historical Specificity. In: Gagliardi F & Gindis D (eds.) Institutions and Evolution of Capitalism: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey M. Hodgson. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 14-28. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785365003
Abstract
Geoff Hodgson has made a variety of innovative contributions to thinking about the methodology of economics. Here two particular contributions are considered together: his advocacy of pluralism at different levels and his concern with historical specificity. We first explore his argument for specificity in terms of a pluralist ontology. We then consider his argument for methodological pluralism as contributing to an abductive methodology. We discuss this methodology as a basis for some generalities in theorising and discuss the potential further contribution that can be made by a pluralist ontology.
Keywords
pluralism; history; methodology
| Status | Published |
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| Publication date | 31/12/2019 |
| Publication date online | 11/11/2019 |
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| Publisher | Edward Elgar |
| Place of publication | Cheltenham |
| ISBN | 978-1-78536-499-0 |
| eISBN | 978-1-78990-307-2 |
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Emeritus Professor, Economics