A econmia política como uma ciência autônoma : um Estado sobre as contribuições metodológicas de John Stuart Mill
By: MOTTOS, Laura Valladão de
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ArticlePublisher: São Paulo : Editora 34, out./dez. 1999Revista de Economia Política = Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 19, 4, p. 156-173Abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate possible inconsistencies between J.S.Mills methodological positions on the science of Political Economy and the historical view of man and society that he eventually embraced. The analysis of his main propositions on method reveals that Mill was inconsistent to hold as he did the universal validity of investigating this science by the deductive method. But two examples selected from his Principles show that, as a political economist, Mill used alternative methodological procedures when the occasion demanded, being more consistent as a scientist than as a philosopher of science
The aim of this paper is to investigate possible inconsistencies between J.S.Mills methodological positions on the science of Political Economy and the historical view of man and society that he eventually embraced. The analysis of his main propositions on method reveals that Mill was inconsistent to hold as he did the universal validity of investigating this science by the deductive method. But two examples selected from his Principles show that, as a political economist, Mill used alternative methodological procedures when the occasion demanded, being more consistent as a scientist than as a philosopher of science
Revista de Economía Política 1999
v. 19, n. 4(76)
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