Implicit Theorizing: A Methodological Criticism of the Neo-Cambridge School

1 February 1937

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Vol. 51 (2) , 337-351
https://doi.org/10.2307/1882092

Abstract

I. Distinction between logical and methodological problems, 337. — II. Methodological pattern of a deductive theory, 339. — III. Implicit vs. explicit definitions, 342. — Fundamental limitations of implicit theories, 344. — IV. Examples of implicit theorizing: Joan Robinson's “corrected units,” 346. — R. F. Kahn's theory of “ideal output,” 347. — J. E. Hicks' generalized concept of elasticity of substitution, 348. — J. M. Keynes' concepts of aggregate supply and demand curves, 349.

Keywords

DEMAND CURVES
THEORIZING
DEDUCTIVE THEORY
METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL
JOAN ROBINSON'S
METHODOLOGICAL CRITICISM
NEO CAMBRIDGE
KAHN'S THEORY
CORRECTED UNITS

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