期刊名称：Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics (EJPE)
印刷版ISSN：1876-9098
出版年度：2008
卷号：1
期号：1
出版社：Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics
摘要：According to John Stuart Mill, ¡°the definition of a science has almost
invariably not preceded, but followed, the creation of the science itself¡±
(Mill 1844, 86). The subject matter, the methods, the main topics and
questions, the foremost goals and challenges, all such elements need to
be properly understood before a suitable definition of the discipline can
be established. Mill was referring to economics. Yet, today there is still
no full agreement on what exactly economics is, what it is supposed to
be about, nor on the methods that it should employ.
