La Filosofía de Keynes o The common sense view of economic world

Abstract

This paper's aim is to examine the relation between Keynes' ideas and Moore's ones. Particularly, the analysis will be focused on the role played by common sense in Keynes' thought. As a result of this analysis, the paper argues that common sense provides a possible epistemological foundation for economic thought, whose main virtue is that it would increase the pragmatic content of economic theorization. The argument is mainly centered on the problem of expectation forming, and on the fact that, in tune with Keynes' philosophical view, norms based on common sense are needed in order to mitigate the irrational and uncertain nature of economic phenomena.