Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• hamidreza maghsoodi ¹
• Mohammad Nemati ²

¹ PhD. Candidate in Economics, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Economics, Imam Sadiq University,

² Assistant Professor, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Economics, Imam Sadiq University

Abstract

Conventional approach considers explicitly a concrete and precise concept for ‘theory’ insofar as you think all economists look at the clear concept. In order to evaluating this approach, we survey concept of ‘theory’ in historical and analytical perspectives.
In this philosophical analytical article after historical survey around modality of ‘Theory’ appear among Renaissance economists, we follow the possibility of founding the coherent characteristics for Economic Theory. Then we referred our results to Sadr’s points of view. It is rejected that: economists have a consensus about nature of theory and there is a specific and clear definition for this word.
But we can extract some nonconsensus characteristics that can show some dimensions of economic theory. Based on Methodological Individualism and Methodological Partialism, Independence of Theory from Method and From theorist (be Scientific, realistic and explanatory), based on unique analytical factor, possibility of independence of knowledge disciplines and theory specialization, mathematical logic governance on theories and empirical method governance on theories are basic affaires of Economic theories that Sadr criticize all of them.

Keywords

• Theory Nature
• Social Theory
• Economic Theory
• Sadr
• Conventional Economics