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Cambridge Journal of Economics 26:697-708 (2002)
Copyright © 2002 Cambridge Political Economy Society

Article

Critical realism and Kantian transcendental arguments

Alex Viskovatoff *

*Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh.

Address for correspondence: Alex Viskovatoff, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; email: viskov{at}pitt.edu

Abstract

Tony Lawson has made use of transcendental arguments, as developed by Roy Bhaskar, to criticise mainstream economics. This importation of Kantian ideas into economic methodology is commendable, since they offer the best means available for diagnosing and overcoming the empiricism that underlies mainstream economics. This paper argues, however, that instead of using Bhaskar's transcendental arguments, critical realists would do better to employ Kant's own, which are of direct relevance to economic methodology and have greater persuasive force than Bhaskar's.

Key Words: Critical Realism • Kant • Transcendental arguments


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