1. Inseparable Bedfellows: Imagination and Mathematics in Economic Modeling.
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Salis, Fiora and Leng, Mary
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ECONOMIC models , *IMAGINATION , *MATHEMATICS - Abstract
In this paper we explore the hypothesis that constrained uses of imagination are crucial to economic modeling. We propose a theoretical framework to develop this thesis through a number of specific hypotheses that we test and refine through six new, representative case studies. Our ultimate goal is to develop a philosophical account that is practice oriented and informed by empirical evidence. To do this, we deploy an abductive reasoning strategy. We start from a robust set of hypotheses and leave space for the generation of further hypotheses and theoretical claims based on the qualitative analysis of new empirical data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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