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%T Exchange versus influence: a case of idealization
%A Balzer, Wolfgang
%J Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities
%P 189-203
%V 38
%D 1994
%K economy; equilibrium; social institution; idealization
%= 2009-02-03T10:58:00Z
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%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-39843
%X The intertheoretical relation between economic equilibrium theory and a theory of social institutions is studied in reduced form, i.e. by comparing the central primitives rather than the full formal models. It is shown that equilibrium can be regarded as a limit of institutions with ever more symmetrical power relations. Economic equilibrium theory thus is shown to be an idealization of the theory of social institutions. A provisionary topology which gives substance to the notion of a limit is defined "internally", i.e. by reference to items occurring in the models only. The meta-scientific status of idealization is briefly discussed.
%C NLD
%G en
%9 journal article
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