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On the Ontological Turn in Economics: The Promises of Agent-Based Computational Economics
Philosophy of the Social Sciences ( IF 0.984 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-20 , DOI: 10.1177/0048393120917641
Shu-Heng Chen 1
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This article argues that agent-based modeling (ABM) is the methodological implication of Lawson’s championed ontological turn in economics. We single out three major properties of agent-based computational economics (ACE), namely, autonomous agents, social interactions, and the micro-macro links, which have been well accepted by the ACE community. We then argue that ACE does make a full commitment to the ontology of economics as proposed by Lawson, based on his prompted critical realism. Nevertheless, the article also points out the current limitations or constraints of ACE. Efforts to overcome them are deemed to be crucial before ACE can make itself more promising to the current ontological turn in economics.

中文翻译:

经济学的本体论转向:基于主体的计算经济学的承诺

本文认为,基于主体的建模(ABM)是劳森倡导的经济学本体论转向的方法论含义。我们选择了基于主体的计算经济学(ACE)的三个主要属性,即自治主体,社会互动和微观宏链接,这些属性已被ACE社区很好地接受。然后,我们认为ACE确实根据劳森提出的批判现实主义,完全致力于经济学的本体论。尽管如此,本文还指出了ACE的当前局限性或局限性。在ACE能够使自己对当前经济学的本体论转向更有希望之前,克服这些挑战的努力被认为是至关重要的。
更新日期:2020-05-20
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