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100			_aChen, Shu-Heng. _921722
245			_aOn the ontological turn in economics: The promises of agent-based computational economics
260			_aPhilosophy of The Social Sciences
300			_a50(3), Jun, 2020: p,238-259
520			_aThis 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
650			_aOntological turn, Agent-based modeling, Autonomous agents, Social interaction, Micro-macro link _919614
773			_aPhilosophy of The Social Sciences
906			_aONTOLOGY
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