ABSTRACT

Kevin Hoover explores retroduction as a means of theorizing in macro-economics, rather than exclusive reliance on deductivism or inductivism. Retroduction is discussed as involving conceptualization with respect to empirical evidence as a means of identifying causal mechanisms as the basis for theory in the form of mathematical models. It is put forward as a preferred alternative to more fundamental reform of macro-economics, whose justification Hoover dismisses as being ‘ideological’. Yet ideology refers to a position on metaphysics such as Hoover himself sets out in terms of open systems, which would significantly extend the scope for retroduction.

摘要

凯文·胡佛 (Kevin Hoover) 探索将追溯作为宏观经济学理论化的一种手段，而不是完全依赖演绎主义或归纳主义。追溯被讨论为涉及经验证据的概念化，作为识别因果机制的手段，作为数学模型形式的理论基础。它是作为更根本的宏观经济改革的首选替代方案而提出的，胡佛认为其理由是“意识形态的”。然而，意识形态指的是形而上学的立场，例如胡佛本人在开放系统方面提出的立场，这将显着扩大追溯的范围。