Abstract

GUEVARA CASTANEDA, Camilo Andrés. How to Narrate Economic Reality? On the Importance of the Discussion of the Cognitive Frameworks in Economics. Ens. Econ. [online]. 2020, vol.30, n.57, pp.38-57.  Epub Apr 14, 2021. ISSN 0121-117X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ede.v30n57.87909.

This article aims to contribute to the conversation about frameworks and the epistemology of economics. Unlike proposals such as Tony Lawson's, which aims to show that the central point of the differences between orthodox and heterodox economics is due to the type of ontology that is assumed, we try to show that a central element of this divergence is found in the frameworks used to think and discuss. Some theoretical cases have been chosen in which we show how the "facts" are described in relation to a cognitive framework, which indicates the differences in the starting points when analyzing reality. The objective of this paper is to understand that we speak within frameworks that condition us and the discussions we have and that, in general, end up making invisible other ways of looking at things, pose questions and start conversations.

JEL: B41; B49; B50; B59; Z13.

Keywords : cognitive frameworks; epistemology of economics; heterodoxy; orthodoxy; ontology.

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