The Qualitative Determination of Economy: an Ontological Overture to the Dispute of Economists on Method

Abstract

The author argues that there should be ontology at the core of methodological debates. It justifies the reference of an economic science to ontological ideas of current sociology. The social ontology which is offered in this article, is based on improvements of our understanding of social relations. The author examines their most significant characteristics. The economic sphere of social reality is considered to be a system of a special kind of relations.