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：The purpose of this paper is to clarify the nature of research
methods in the history of economic thought. In reviewing the
¡°techniques¡± which are involved in the discipline, four broader
categories are identified: a) textual exegesis; b) ¡°rational
reconstructions¡±; c) ¡°contextual analysis¡±; and d) ¡°historical narrative¡±.
After examining these different styles of doing history of economic
thought, the paper addresses the question of its appraisal, namely what
is good history of economic thought. Moreover, it is argued that there is
a distinction to be made between doing economics and doing history of
economic thought. The latter requires the greatest possible respect for
contexts and texts, both published and unpublished; the former entails
constructing a theoretical framework that is in some respects freer, not
bound by derivation, from the authors. Finally, the paper draws upon
Econlit records to assess what has been done in the subject in the last
two decades in order to frame some considerations on how the past
may impinge on the future.
关键词：history of economic thought, textual exegesis, rational
reconstructions, Econlit records
