Open AccessInternal vs. external explanations: A new perspective on the history of economic thought
Author(s) -
Walter E. Block,
Christopher Westley,
Alexandre Padilla
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
procesos de mercado
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1697-6797
DOI - 10.52195/pm.v5i2.307
Subject(s) - reductio ad absurdum , argument (complex analysis) , externalism , perspective (graphical) , democracy , epistemology , positive economics , philosophy , thought experiment , key (lock) , economics , law and economics , political science , law , computer science , metaphysics , chemistry , biochemistry , computer security , artificial intelligence , politics
The present paper is devoted to showing, via a reductio as absurdum argument, that all externalist explanations for truth in economics are false, but that if any are used, it should not be the democratic one utilized by Rosen (1997). Rather, even though it is equally fallacious, it should the one proposed in the present paper: the last publication in a debate indicates the substantive winner.
Key words: truth, economics, majority rule, democracy, debate, argument.
JEL classification: B0, B1, B2, B4.