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This paper draws a connection between recentdevelopments in naturalized philosophyof science and the Buchanan research programin economics. Economic approaches innaturalized philosophy of science canbe combined to form an economic philosophy ofscience. After giving an overview of someof these approaches, I lay out the fundamentalsof the Buchanan research program. I arguethat its main elements are a theory of interactionsand a normative foundation in consensus whichhelp to answer some important criticismsof economic philosophy of science.
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Leutge, C. Economics in Philosophy of Science: A Dismal Contribution?. Synthese 140, 279–305 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SYNT.0000031318.21858.dd
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