New Directions in Economic Methodology

While work on economic methodology has increased this has been coupled with a lack of consensus about the direction and content of the discipline. This book reflects this growing diversity with contributions from the leading methodologists

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Backhouse, Roger E.
Publisher:	London : Routledge
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Wissenschaftliche Methode \| Scientific method \| Mathematik \| Mathematics
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (409 p)
Series:	Economics As Social Theory Ser. Economics as Social Theory
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; New Directions in Economic Methodology; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: New Directions in Economic Methodology; Part I. General Perspectives; 2. Ends and Means in the Methodology of Economics; 3. The Art of Economics by the Numbers; 4. What Are the Questions?; 5. The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge: Some Thoughts on the Possibilities; Part II. Falsificationism: for and Against; 6. Why I Am Not a Constructivist: Confessions of an Unrepentant Popperian; 7. Two Proposals for the Recovery of Economic Practice 8. Scientific Thinking Without Scientific Method: Two Views of PopperPart III. Philosophical Perspectives on Economics; 10. Kuhn, Lakatos and the Character of Economics; 11. What Is the Cognitive Status of Economic Theory?; 12. Reorienting the Assumptions Issue; 13. A Realist Theory for Economics; 14. Pragmatism, Pragmaticism and Economic Method; Part IV. Economics as Discourse; 15. How to Do a Rhetorical Analysis, and Why; 16. Metaphor and Economics; 17. The Economy as Text; Index Introduction :new directions in economic methodology / R.E. Backhouse Ends and means in the methodology of economics / T.W. Hutchison The art of economics by the numbers / D. Colander What are the questions? / P. Mirowski The sociology of scientific knowledge : some thoughts on the possibilities / D.W. Hands Why I am not a constructivist : confessions of an unrepentant Popperian / M. Blaug Two proposals for the recovery of economic practice / B.J. Caldwell Scientific thinking without scientific method : two views of Popper / L.A. Boland The / Lakatosian legacy in economic methodology Kuhn, Lakatos, and the character of economics / D.M. Hausman What is the cognitive status of economic theory? / A. Rosenberg Reorienting the assumptions issue / U. Mäki A realist theory for economics / T. Lawson Pragmatism, pragmaticism and economic method / K.D. Hoover How to do a rhetorical analysis, and why / D.N. McCloskey Metaphor and economics / W. Henderson The economy as text / V. Brown.
ISBN:	978-0-415-09636-2 ; 0-203-20408-5 ; 0-415-09637-5 ; 0-415-09636-7 ; 978-0-203-20408-5 ; 978-0-415-09636-2
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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