Looking at Economic Theories

Looking at Economic Theories

Looking at Economic Theories: Subject definition

What structures do economic theories have?
How do economists work at improving and refining their theories?
What raises their interest in improving certain parts of their own theories, and prompts them to make proposals for modifications?
What are the general characteristics of an "improvement of theory" in economics?
How to acquire knowledge concerning how economists work, think and teach?
How to use this knowledge as test cases for the abstract theories in the philosophy of science about how science works?
How to help making these philosophical approaches more realistic by accommodating the practise of working economists?

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