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Can Economics Afford Not To Become Natural Science?

History and Philosophy of Physics 2017-01-04 v4

Abstract

The 'Discussion & Debate' issue of this Euro. Phys. J. Special Topic volume is: 'Can economics be a Physical Science?' I would rather address a more general question: 'Can economics or sociology avoid joining Natural Science?' and argue that mainstream or core economics or sociology can not escape joining natural science.

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@article{arxiv.1602.08248,
  title  = {Can Economics Afford Not To Become Natural Science?},
  author = {Bikas K. Chakrabarti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.08248},
  year   = {2017}
}

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7 pages; To be published in EPJ-ST special issue on 'Can economics be a Physical Science?', edited by S. Sinha, A. S. Chakrabarti & M. Mitra