Adolfo García de la Sienra

El Dr. Adolfo Garc a de la Sienra Guajardo es Doctor en Filosof a por la Universidad de Stanford, California, y recibi el Doctorado Honoris Causa en Teolog a por el Seminario Teol gico de Edinburg (Texas) debido a su distinguida carrera acad mica, en la que destaca la traducci n de varios libros fundamentales de la filosof a de la idea de la ley, particularmente Una nueva cr tica del pensamiento te rico de Herman Dooyeweerd. Garc a de la Sienra] es "una figura central, asociada al instituto C ntaro, de Ontario. . . Puede ser considerado el m s grande conocedor de grootste kenner] de la filosof a reformada en el mundo de habla hispana".-Bas Hengstmengel, en "Neocalvinisme in Zuid-Amerika"Dr. Adolfo Garc a de la Sienra Guajardo holds a Ph. D. in Philosophy from Stanford University, California, and received an Honorary Doctorate in Theology from the Edinburg Theological Seminary (Texas) due to his distinguished academic career, in which he is noted for translating several fundamental books on the philosophy of the concept of law, particularly A New Critique of Theoretical Thought by Herman Dooyeweerd. Garc a de la Sienra] is "a central figure, associated with the C ntaro Institute, in Ontario... He can be considered the greatest expert de grootste kenner] on Reformed philosophy in the Spanish-speaking world."-Bas Hengstmengel, in "Neocalvinism in South America"

La Fuente, the Iberoamerican Journal for Christian Worldview, is an educational resource intended to equip the church with a biblical understanding of the world and her place in it. The C ntaro Institute seeks to convey through La Fuente the notion of going back to the fount of Scripture as our ultimate epistemological authority for an informed and reformed perspective of reality and faithful living. The content of La Fuente is published in both English and Spanish, and is written in such a way as to bridge the gap between the scholar and the layman. Each edition explores a different theme, following an overarching thematic structure laid out by the editorial team of the C ntaro Institute. This edition is "The Purpose and Call of Man." La Fuente, el Iberoamerican Journal for Christian Worldview, es un recurso educativo destinado a equipar a la Iglesia con una comprensi n b blica del mundo y su lugar en ella. El C ntaro Institute busca transmitir a traves de La Fuente la noci n de volver a la fuente de la Escritura como nuestra m xima autoridad epistemol gica para una perspectiva informada y reformada de la realidad y la vida fiel. El contenido de La Fuente se publica tanto en ingl s como en espa ol, y est escrito de tal manera que cierra la brecha entre el erudito y el laico. Cada edici n explora un tema diferente, siguiendo una estructura tem tica general establecida por el equipo editorial del C ntaro Institute. Esta edici n es "El Prop sito y Llamado del Hombre".

Economists have long grappled with the problem of how economic theories relate to empirical evidence: how can abstract mathematized theories be used to produce empirical claims? How are such theories applied to economic phenomena? What does it mean to “test” economic theories? This book introduces, explains, and develops a structural philosophy of economics which addresses these questions and provides a unifying philosophical/logical basis for a general methodology of economics. The book begins by introducing a rigorous view of the logical foundations and structure of scientific theories based upon the work of Alfred Tarski, Patrick Suppes, Karl Marx, and others. Using and combining their methods, the book then goes on to reconstruct important economic theories – including utility theory, game theory, Marxian economics, Sraffian economic theory, and econometrics – proving all the main theorems and discussing the key claims and the empirical applicability of each theory. Through these discussions, this book presents, in a systematic fashion, a general philosophy of economics grounded in the structural view. Offering rigorous formulations of important economic theories, A Structuralist Theory of Economics will be invaluable to all readers interested in the logic, philosophy, and methodology of economics. It will also appeal particularly to those interested in economic theory.

Economists have long grappled with the problem of how economic theories relate to empirical evidence: how can abstract mathematized theories be used to produce empirical claims? How are such theories applied to economic phenomena? What does it mean to “test” economic theories? This book introduces, explains, and develops a structural philosophy of economics which addresses these questions and provides a unifying philosophical/logical basis for a general methodology of economics. The book begins by introducing a rigorous view of the logical foundations and structure of scientific theories based upon the work of Alfred Tarski, Patrick Suppes, Karl Marx, and others. Using and combining their methods, the book then goes on to reconstruct important economic theories – including utility theory, game theory, Marxian economics, Sraffian economic theory, and econometrics – proving all the main theorems and discussing the key claims and the empirical applicability of each theory. Through these discussions, this book presents, in a systematic fashion, a general philosophy of economics grounded in the structural view. Offering rigorous formulations of important economic theories, A Structuralist Theory of Economics will be invaluable to all readers interested in the logic, philosophy, and methodology of economics. It will also appeal particularly to those interested in economic theory.

Mter the impressive collapseoftheSovietUnionand the Eastern European socialist countries, it is more pertinent than ever to recover the scientific legacy ofKarl Marx. This legacy is mainly (if not exclusively) constituted by his work in the field of eco- nomic theory. Marx's economic theory was intended by his au- thor as a scientific objective theory about the nature ofcapitalist economies, a theory that was going to serve as the foundation ofthe critique ofbourgeois political economy. His "laws" about the demise ofcapitalism, like the tendency ofthe profit rate to fall or the lawofthe cyclical crises, have been shown to hold un- der certain conditions but not in general. At any rate, it is likely that had not the industrialized countries changed the situation ofthe working class, and allowed some intervention ofthe State in the economy (especially after the Great Depression), capital- ism would have hardly survived, even though it is impossible to guess what kind of regime would have been instaurated in its place. The present book is concerned with the very foundations of Marx's economics, hence with the very foundations ofhis scien- tific legacy. I hope that after reading the book the reader will be convinced that Marx's scientific work was indeed serious and that this is the time to recover it as an important paradigm in INTRODUCTION 2 scientific research. I think that the reader will be convinced that Marx's economic theory is no less serious and mathematically tractable than, say, general equilibrium theory.

Written before the collapse of the socialist system in Eastern Europe, this book offers a systematic and serious analysis of the Marxian labour theory of value, Marx's main scientific legacy. The author reconstructs the "prototype" of this theory and analyzes its foundational problems.