The foundations of economic method a Popperian perspective
This updated edition is radically changed from the original and will be much appreciated by thinkers within economics. Boland is back.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2003.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Routledge INEM advances in economic methodology ; 1. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35512891*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Understanding the methodology of economics; The Problem of Induction vs. the Problem with Induction; The Explanatory Problem of Individualism; Rationality vs. Maximization; Maximization and Game Theory; Ideal-type Methodology and Instrumentalism; Psychologistic Individualism and the Methodology of New Institutional Economics; Equilibrium-based Explanation vs. Individualism; Imperfect Knowledge vs. Imperfect Behavior; From Macroeconomics to Evolutionary Game Theory.
- Time and Evolution in Economic TheoryInstrumentalism vs. Conventionalism: Against Rule-based Methodology; Optimistic vs. Defeatist Conventionalism; Falsifiability without Popper on the Agenda; Understanding Popper's Theory of Science; Situational Analysis and Neoclassical Explanation; Knowledge and Learning in Economic Models; Individualism and Social Knowledge; Obstacles to Building Realistic Models; Epilogue: Problem-oriented met.
