New centuries contain a typical conception and method selection and scientific philosophical studies, which have occurred in the five recent centuries. Their accumulation yields a spatial epistemology about the phenomena. Because it is necessary to understand the structure and the elements of this epistemology and its effects on human and social sciences, for example economics, we have studied some of these elements such as a mechanical conception about the world, empiricism, rationalism, scientism, humanism, and so on, in the enlightenment era. Their influences on the ideas and the conceptions of classical economists are also followed. The article findings show that the solutions, policies and debates which the classical economists have presented in their ages, have been overshadowed by these epistemological elements.
Sobhani, H. (2010). An Epistemological Evaluation of the Enlightenment Era and its Influences on the ideas of Classical Economists. Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities, 16(62), 7-33.
MLA
Hassan Sobhani. "An Epistemological Evaluation of the Enlightenment Era and its Influences on the ideas of Classical Economists". Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities, 16, 62, 2010, 7-33.
HARVARD
Sobhani, H. (2010). 'An Epistemological Evaluation of the Enlightenment Era and its Influences on the ideas of Classical Economists', Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities, 16(62), pp. 7-33.
VANCOUVER
Sobhani, H. An Epistemological Evaluation of the Enlightenment Era and its Influences on the ideas of Classical Economists. Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2010; 16(62): 7-33.
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