Schumpeter on the integration of theory and history

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2003

Authors

Mário Graça Moura (Author) FEP

Journal

Title: European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Vol. 10

Pages: 279-301

ISSN: 0967-2567

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Indexing

Scopus - 16 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-BMA

DOI: 10.1080/0967256032000066909

Abstract (EN): This paper assesses Joseph Schumpeter's agenda for the integration of theory and history. On the basis of a critical realist conception of the nature of historical theory it is argued that Schumpeter's aims are at odds with his analytical strategy: his implicit ontology cannot be reconciled with his conception of theory. An illustration is provided as to how this mismatch is reproduced in Schumpeter's substantive attempts to integrate theory and history, and brief reflections are offered as to why this mismatch arose and endured.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific