We present Lakatos’s epistemological approach concerning scientific research programs regarding alpha beta method. We focus on Economic Science, for that we propose a set of auxiliary assumptions for expressing the lakatosian notions: hard core (as a finite set of some similar α propositions of some theories) and protective belt (propositions a); heuristics and auxiliary assumptions incorporated allow us to operationalize a scientific research program therefore can be empirically tested.

Presentamos la propuesta epistemológica de Lakatos respecto a los programas de investigación científica considerando el método alfa beta. Nos enfocamos en la ciencia económica; para ello planteamos un conjunto de supuestos auxiliares que permiten expresar las nociones lakatosianas: núcleo duro (como un conjunto finito de algunas proposiciones α similares de algunas teorías) y cinturón protector (proposiciones a); las heurísticas y los supuestos auxiliares incorporados permitirán hacer operativo a un programa de investigación científica, por tanto, podrá ser contrastado empíricamente.

The notion of analytical process is essential to understand the task of theoretical research in Economic Science, because it is explicable only those items that can be expressed as a process. The explanation for a set of social facts related to any economic activity only can be performed with a theory, which arises considering an analytical process. The complexity of social reality must be simplified by abstraction, this requires to recognize two fundamental notions: the aritmomorphic and the adduction. The issues raised in this paper are based on the epistemological proposal developed by Georgescu-Roegen.

The notion of analytical process is essential to understand the task of theoretical research in Economic Science, because it is explicable only those items that can be expressed as a process. The explanation for a set of social facts related to any economic activity only can be performed with a theory, which arises considering an analytical process. The complexity of social reality must be simplified by abstraction, this requires to recognize two fundamental notions: the aritmomorphic and the adduction. The issues raised in this paper are based on the epistemological proposal developed by Georgescu-Roegen.