The foundations of economic method : a Popperian perspective

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Routledge INEM advances in economic methodology ; 1

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-323) and indexes

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 methodology: Towards a Popperian 'small-m' methodology of economics; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index

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