01317nam a22001577a 4500 514765 514765 201212b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Chen, Shu-Heng. 21722 On the ontological turn in economics: The promises of agent-based computational economics Philosophy of The Social Sciences 50(3), Jun, 2020: p,238-259 This article argues that agent-based modeling (ABM) is the methodological implication of Lawson’s championed ontological turn in economics. We single out three major properties of agent-based computational economics (ACE), namely, autonomous agents, social interactions, and the micro-macro links, which have been well accepted by the ACE community. We then argue that ACE does make a full commitment to the ontology of economics as proposed by Lawson, based on his prompted critical realism. Nevertheless, the article also points out the current limitations or constraints of ACE. Efforts to overcome them are deemed to be crucial before ACE can make itself more promising to the current ontological turn in economics.- Reproduced Ontological turn, Agent-based modeling, Autonomous agents, Social interaction, Micro-macro link 19614 Philosophy of The Social Sciences ONTOLOGY AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 388777 IIPA IIPA 2020-12-12 50(3), Jun, 2020: p,238-259 AR123642 2020-12-12 AR