A economía en canto ciencia: enfoque desde a complexidade

• Autores: Wenceslao J. González Fernández
• Localización: Revista galega de economía: Publicación Interdisciplinar da Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, ISSN-e 2255-5951, ISSN 1132-2799, Vol. 21, Nº. 1, 2012, págs. 183-212
• Idioma: gallego
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Economics as a science: an approach from the viewpoint of complexity
  • La economía en cuanto ciencia: enfoque desde la complejidad
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  • español

    Dentro del contexto de análisis filosófico-metodológico, este artículo versa sobre cuestiones centrales acerca de la Economía en cuanto Ciencia, donde el foco de atención está puesto en la perspectiva de la complejidad. A este respecto, se siguen aquí varios pasos: primero, los rasgos característicos de la Ciencia y del caso de la Economía (elementos constitutivos, diversificación temática y ubicación en el conjunto de los saberes); segundo, la Economía como Ciencia Aplicada de Diseño ante la complejidad (en clave ontológica y epistemológica, que se articulan en la vertiente estructural y en la dimensión dinámica); tercero, el estatuto científico de la Economía según los criterios epistemológicos y metodológicos que han dominado la escena hasta la fecha, que tienen un nexo directo con la predicción; y, finalmente �como coda�, el papel de los modelos matemáticos en cuanto a la Economía, dentro del marco la comparación entre los distintos tipos de Ciencia. Estos pasos buscan aspectos relevantes de cada cuestión analizada, sabiendo que el cometido principal es la contextualización de la Economía en cuanto Ciencia más que la exhaustiva consideración de cada tema.

  • galego

    Dentro do contexto da análise filosófica-metodolóxica, este artigo versa sobre cuestións centrais acerca da economía en canto ciencia, onde o foco de atención está posto na perspectiva da complexidade. A este respecto, séguense aquí varios pasos: primeiro, os trazos característicos da ciencia e do caso da economía (elementos constitutivos, diversificación temática e localización no conxunto dos saberes); segundo, a economía como ciencia aplicada de deseño ante a complexidade (en clave ontolóxica e epistemolóxica, que se articulan na vertente estrutural e na dimensión dinámica); terceiro, o estatuto científico da economía segundo os criterios epistemolóxicos e metodolóxicos que dominaron a escena ata a data, que teñen un nexo directo coa predición; e, finalmente –como coda–, o papel dos modelos matemáticos en canto á economía, dentro do marco da comparación entre os distintos tipos de ciencia. Estes pasos buscan aspectos relevantes de cada cuestión analizada, sabendo que o cometido principal é a contextualización da economía en canto ciencia máis que a exhaustiva consideración de cada tema

  • English

    Within the philosophical-methodological context of analysis, this paper deals with central issues regarding economics as a science, where the focus of attention is on the viewpoint of complexity. In this regard, several steps are taken in the contents: first, the characteristic features of science and the case of economics (constitutive elements, thematic diversification and the place of this discipline within the system of knowledge); second, economics as an applied design science that faces the problem of complexity (from an ontological and epistemological perspectives, which are articulated in the structural side and the dynamic dimension); third, the scientific status of economics according to the epistemological and methodological criteria that have been dominant so far, and which have a direct connection to prediction; and, finally –as a coda– the role of mathematical models regarding economics, within the framework of a comparison between the different kinds of science. These steps look for relevant aspect of each issue analyzed, taking into account that the main aim is a contextualization of economics as a science rather than an exhaustive consideration of each topic

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