voprecotestВопросы экономикиVoprosy Ekonomiki0042-8736Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP10.32609/0042-8736-2007-3-55-70voprecotest-1578Research ArticleМЕТОДОЛОГИЯ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОЙ НАУКИMETODOLOGY OF ECONOMIC SCIENCEЭкономическая теория и эксперимент: Исаак Ньютон, Милтон Фридмен и Вернон СмитGalilean Reflections on Milton Friedman’s "Methodology of Positive Economics", with Thoughts on Vernon Smith’s "Economics in the Laboratory"ШлиссерЭ.SchliesserE.

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В статье подробно анализируется аргументация М. Фридмена, представленная в его знаменитой статье «Методология позитивной экономической науки». Рассматривая проблему соотношения теоретических гипотез с экспериментальными данными, автор использует в качестве иллюстрации историю закона Галилея и роль этого закона в развитии теоретической физики. Кроме того, он опирается на методологические идеи основоположника экспериментальной экономики Нобелевского лауреата В. Смита.

The article examines in detail the argument of M. Friedman as expressed in his famous article "Methodology of Positive Economics". In considering the problem of interconnection of theoretical hypotheses with experimental evidence the author illustrates his thesis using the history of the Galilean law of free fall and its role in the development of theoretical physics. He also draws upon methodological ideas of the founder of experimental economics and Nobel prize winner V. Smith.

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