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    It is not the case that Applying Kuhn's and Lakatos' frameworks to economics helped clarify distinctive features of economics and may have contributed to changes in the discipline.

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    • 1.Philosophers became more aware of large theoretical structures that unify and guide research following Kuhn (1970) and Lakatos (1970).
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    • 2.Many economists applied Kuhn's or Lakatos' work to shed light on the overall structure of economics.
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    • 3.The comparison of economics to Kuhn's and Lakatos' schema served to highlight distinctive features of economics.
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