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Intentionality and Economics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2008

Allin Cottrell
Allin Cottrell
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Wake Forest University
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In his recent book, Economics – Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing Returns, Alexander Rosenberg has offered a forceful critique of the scientific pretensions of economics. I am encouraged to note that in his JEL review, Wade Hands (1993) singles out Rosenberg's ‘important discussion of intentionality’ as one of the most significant aspects of the book. Encouraged, because this was exactly my impression, and Hands's judgment confirmed my intention to respond to Rosenberg's argument. I hope, however, to be able to disappoint Hands's expectation that this aspect of Rosenberg's work ‘will be least challenged by economists’!

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Economics & Philosophy , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , April 1995 , pp. 159 - 176
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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