2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The English Methodenstreit in the end of the 19th century

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20530166
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Economic doctrine/Economic thought
Research Institution	Hokkaido University
Principal Investigator	SASAKI Kensuke Hokkaido University, 大学院・経済学研究科, 教授 (50178646)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	イギリス歴史学派
Research Abstract	The crucial issue of the English Methodenstreit (methodological controversy) was whether economists should study given facts or idealized models. The former approach was called inductive method and the latter deductive method. The approach of historical school advanced from the investigation of historical laws to the explanation of individual historical facts. The controversy was due to the difference of aptitude and interest between the two camps.

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