[bioundgrd] Upcoming CPHS Event (Fri Nov 13th): "Economic Fictions and the Methodology of Positive Economics"

[Joyce Roberge]

Please join us for the upcoming session of the 56th Annual Program of the Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science:


The Robert S. Cohen Forum[1]

Economic Fictions and the Methodology of Positive Economics

Friday, November 13th, 2015
The Castle
225 Bay State Rd.
2pm –5pm



Revisiting Friedman's F53: Hedging, Popper, and Weber

            Paul Hoyningen-Huene Philosophy, Leibniz Universität Hannover & Economics, Universität Zürich

Economics and the Epistemology of 'As-If'

            Peter Spiegler Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Counterfactual Storytelling and Fictional Modeling: Friedman vs. Tobin on the Causation of Nominal Income

            Tarja Knuuttila Philosophy, University of South Carolina

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[1] The annual Robert S. Cohen Forum is named in honor of the Center's co-founder and first director.

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Boston University
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