Beyond Lakatos

It is a no-arguing fact that s the philosophy of science influences the methodology of economics on the western economics history. The philosophy of science has the great function of inspiration, regulation and guide. In the 21st centuries, the philosophy of science develops from logicism to historicism and to the combination of logicism and historicism and the economics develops from new classicality to the synthesis of the new classicality and modernization, otherwise the philosophy of science has the special advantages in the methodology principle and the evaluation standard of science theories, it has deep influence to many problems, such as the thought of the economics creative, basic assumption, the formation of the basic principle, the examination to the theories system etc. And it has pushed forward the western economics foundation and thoughts with the modern development. Along with such logic clues, from five aspects this text proceeds the analyses: The preface introduced the domestic and international methodology of economics the scholar's concerning degree to the problem, so as to explain the importance with the methodology of economics to study. Part One looks back the influence of the philosophy of science to methodology of economics , explains the methodology of economics develops along with the road of logic doctrine——history doctrine——logic combine with history, and indicates the logic combining with history is the future direction of the methodology of economics development. Part Two introduces the core contents of Lakatos'methodology of scientific research programmes, it primarily do the cushion for the influence of Lakatos'methodology of scientific research programmes to the methodology of economics . Chapter 3 is a point of this text. It discusses Lakatos'methodology of scientific research programmes principle, which is of great reputation in the science philosophy, to see if it can become a valid methodology tool to analyze the economic theories. How degree does it has realistic meaning to discuss Lakatos'methodology of scientific research programmes on the base of fore researchers? Where does the abstraction of Lakatos'methodology of scientific research programmes to economist from? After what improvement, Lakatos'methodology of scientific research programmes can function on realistic economics methodology? Part Four is conclusion part. It points out that after necessary reformation, Lakatos'methodology of scientific research programmes has realistic meaning, and appeals to more colleagues to join the research of the methodology of economics to contribute a power to the development and creativity of Chinese economics theory.