Novelty and the bounds of unknowledge in economics

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-375

  Witt, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abduction; Causation; Dynamical systems; Economic change; Epistemic bounds; Evolution; Novelty

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052711955     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780903339269     Document Type: Article

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