Epistemology & Economics

[David Gleicher <104201.2301@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gunnar,

You might want to read, if you haven't already, Feyerabend's Against
Method.  To summarize:  his thesis is that, indeed, science is "primitive
and muddled".  Scientists historically have used all sorts of tricks
(methods) to make their arguments (prove their theories), and the pretty
story that scientists avail themselves of a privileged method for deriving
truth directly from facts (observations) is just that:  a pretty story.

DG



DG