... of religion, science and society. Kantian epistemological reasoning is questioned within this argumentation. The specific case of money, finance and real economy is treated in the context of the epistemology of unity of knowledge contra Kantian problem of heteronomy. Design/methodology/approach...

...Ioannis A. Kaskarelis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the view that economic science is invented to support political regimes and not to find solutions to the economic problems of the society. Design/methodology/approach Without virtue and the sense of justice, science does...

...Leslie Armour The influence of ideas is a central but puzzling problem in the social sciences. Parsons insisted that ideas play a central role in social continuity as well as in social change. Basic ideas that organise experience become embedded in the public mind and structure the ways in which...

... Waterman are assessed as belonging to the disciplinary autonomy group, in which mainstream orthodox economic science is allegedly able to proceed independent of religious input. This position is criticized insofar, as Richardson's major and influential paper in the area (1988) is found to disregard any...