Tag: realism

Abstract This paper argues that Humean causal successionism, which has been the principal target for critique by Bhaskar’s Critical Realism, remains very present in the concept of “mechanism” itself. It is argued that the concept of mechanism implies a Newtonian abstraction of time which is uninspected within Critical Realism. However, this is a broader problem … Continue reading Time, Mechanisms and Technology: Challenges of Abstraction and Decision in Realist Economic Theory