Pluralism and Heterodoxy: Introduction to the Special Issue
Pluralism and Heterodoxy: Introduction to the Special Issue
Author(s): Andrew MearmanSubject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Economy, Special Branches of Philosophy, Sociology, Philosophy of Science, Social Theory, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Editura Rosetti International
Keywords: pluralism; Association for Heterodox Economics; ontology; epistemology; pedagogy;
Summary/Abstract: This paper introduces a special issue of the journal devoted to work presented at two recent conferences of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE). The AHE is an organisation which advocates and provides a forum for non-mainstream approaches to economics. Recent conferences have focused on pluralism. Pluralism is a variegated concept with multiple motivations and arguments in its favour. Such arguments tend to be ontological and epistemological, but may also be pedagogical. Pluralism has been advocated as a moniker preferable to heterodoxy which might be adopted by non-mainstream economists. However, it is problematic. The papers which comprise the remainder of this issue illustrate that point. The papers are discussed in turn and contrasted.
Journal: Journal of Philosophical Economics
- Issue Year: I/2008
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 5-25
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English