ABSTRACT

This paper investigates the methodology of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen and his conception of economic models as analytical similes. His approach has received little attention from mathematical economists and economic methodologists. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to characterize his perspective and situate it in the broader spectrum of economic methodologies. It shows that Georgescu-Roegen criticized the lack of significance of certain economic models and attempted to give philosophical foundations to this criticism. He also provided a set of methodological principles that are illustrated by his practice of economic modeling. This perspective placed Georgescu-Roegen in opposition to the axiomatic approach that dominated postwar economics, and in line with economists such as Marshall, Wicksell, and Keynes, on the limited and subordinate role of mathematics in the discipline. Overall, the paper shows that Georgescu-Roegen's methodological contribution is still relevant to contemporary debates on the status of economic models.

摘要

本文研究了尼古拉斯·乔治斯库·罗根（Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen）的方法论及其将经济模型作为分析比喻的概念。他的方法很少受到数学经济学家和经济学方法学家的关注。因此，本文的目的是表征他的观点，并将其置于更广泛的经济方法论中。它表明乔治·罗根（Georgescu-Roegen）批评了某些经济模型的重要性不足，并试图为这种批评提供哲学基础。他还提供了一套方法论原理，这些原理在他的经济建模实践中得到了说明。这种观点使乔治斯库·罗根（Georgescu-Roegen）反对战后经济学主导的公理化方法，并与马歇尔（Marshall），威克塞尔（Wicksell）和凯恩斯（Keynes）等经济学家保持一致，数学在学科中的有限和次要作用。总体而言，本文表明，乔治·罗根（Georgescu-Roegen）的方法论贡献仍然与当代有关经济模型地位的辩论有关。