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Book Synopsis The Handbook of Economic Methodology by : John Bryan Davis
Download or read book The Handbook of Economic Methodology written by John Bryan Davis and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multidisciplinary reference in which over 100 commissioned essays provide details of topics and issues that have developed in recent decades and introduce a variety of emerging themes that economic methodologists have begun to explore. The encyclopedia- type articles discuss such topics as aggregation, evolutionary economics, Otto Neurath, survey methods, Thorstein Veblen, selectionist arguments, the marginalist controversy, game theory, economic sociology, and causality. Each includes an extensive bibliography. Practicing economists and students of the philosophy or history of economics might find useful information and an entry into deeper investigation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis New Directions in Economic Methodology by : Roger Backhouse
Download or read book New Directions in Economic Methodology written by Roger Backhouse and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Economic Methodology by : Harro Maas
Download or read book Economic Methodology written by Harro Maas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since the inception of economics over two hundred years ago, the tools at the discipline’s disposal have grown more and more more sophisticated. This book provides a historical introduction to the methodology of economics through the eyes of economists. The story begins with John Stuart Mill's seminal essay from 1836 on the definition and method of political economy, which is then followed by an examination of how the actual practices of economists changed over time to such an extent that they not only altered their methods of enquiry, but also their self-perception as economists. Beginning as intellectuals and journalists operating to a large extent in the public sphere, they then transformed into experts who developed their tools of research increasingly behind the scenes. No longer did they try to influence policy agendas through public discourse; rather they targeted policymakers directly and with instruments that showed them as independent and objective policy advisors, the tools of the trade changing all the while. In order to shed light on this evolution of economic methodology, this book takes carefully selected snapshots from the discipline’s history. It tracks the process of development through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, analysing the growth of empirical and mathematical modelling. It also looks at the emergence of the experiment in economics, in addition to the similarities and differences between modelling and experimentation. This book will be relevant reading for students and academics in the fields of economic methodology, history of economics, and history and philosophy of the social sciences.
Book Synopsis Economic Methodology by : Marcel Boumans
Download or read book Economic Methodology written by Marcel Boumans and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic Methodology explores the status and character of economics as a social science and introduces students to philosophical issues underlying modern science. Approaching the subject as philosophy of science for economists, the authors use the historical developments in philosophy of science to frame this introduction to the field of economic methodology. By doing this they strengthen students' understanding of economics as a science to enhance their reasoning skills, introducing them to the wider philosophical issues surrounding our understanding of the area.
Book Synopsis Foundations of Economic Method by : Lawrence A. Boland
Download or read book Foundations of Economic Method written by Lawrence A. Boland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-04-17 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition is radically changed from the original and will be much appreciated by thinkers within economics. Boland is back.
Book Synopsis Dewey, Pragmatism and Economic Methodology by : Elias Khalil
Download or read book Dewey, Pragmatism and Economic Methodology written by Elias Khalil and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-02-05 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together, for the first time, philosophers of pragmatism and economists interested in methodological questions. The main theoretical thrust of Dewey is to unite inquiry with behavior and this book's contributions assess this insight in the light of developments in modern American philosophy, social and legal theories, and the theor
Book Synopsis Economic Methodology by : Sheila C. Dow
Download or read book Economic Methodology written by Sheila C. Dow and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic Methodology: An Inquiry presents a clear and accessible introduction to the methodology of economics. An essential introduction to the subject for those who would like to pursue the more specialist literature, explaining both the role of methodology in assisting economists to address fundamental issues and also the different approaches to methodology that are on offer. The book begins with a discussion of the nature and scope of economics as a discipline and of the issues currently facing it. Dow then goes on to introduce some of the central theoretical and empirical issues in economics and demonstrates the need for methodological awareness in approaching these issues. This is followed by a brief account of the methodological ideas that have influenced economics over the last two centuries and a detailed chapter on current methodological ideas, showing how they are discussed today in the field of economic methodology and how these ideas are related to current practice in economics. The book concludes with a discussion of what economics can reasonably be expected to do and what possible future directions the subject might take. Written in a clear and accessible style with suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, this book will be the ideal starting point for all those wanting an introduction to the methodology of economics, both as it has developed in the past and as it now stands.
Book Synopsis Economic Methodology and Freedom to Choose (Routledge Revivals) by : Patrick O'Sullivan
Download or read book Economic Methodology and Freedom to Choose (Routledge Revivals) written by Patrick O'Sullivan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987, Professor O'Sullivan's work provides an in depth philosophical examination of the foundations of method in Economics and other human sciences. The argument is unabashedly dialectical in the great Socratic-Platonic tradition, and the reissue will be very welcome to all students of methodology, in particular those students of economic methodology seeking a refreshing alternative to yet more mathematical game playing. In an age dominated and perhaps to an extent perplexed by an ultimately non-committal postmodernism the book provides a root and branch critique of the epistemological relativism which must lie at the root of the whole post-modernist approach; and in reasserting the fundamental importance not only for the methods of science but also for European civilisation of the pursuit of truth it takes a stance which is very much against the tide of the times. A heterodox perspective is also provided and defended in detail regarding the real nature of economic methodology whereby it is shown that Economics epitomises a teleological mode of explanation which is significantly different from the efficient causal modes of explanation of the natural sciences. In fact Economics is the ultimate subjectivist/interpretative discipline in the methodological sense of Max Weber and Alfred Schutz, a fact which has only been recognised (and welcomed) in the Austrian school of Economics.
Book Synopsis The Methodology of Economic Model Building (Routledge Revivals) by : Lawrence A. Boland
Download or read book The Methodology of Economic Model Building (Routledge Revivals) written by Lawrence A. Boland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major methodological task for modern economists has been to establish the testability of models. Too often, however, methodological assumptions can make a model virtually impossible to test even under ideal conditions, yet few theorists have examined the requirements and problems of assuring testability in economics. In The Methodology of Economic Model Building, first published in 1989, Lawrence Boland presents the results of a research project that spanned more than twenty years. He examines how economists have applied the philosophy of Karl Popper, relating methodological debates about falsifiability to wider discussions about the truth status of models in natural and social sciences. He concludes that model building in economics reflects more the methodological prescriptions of the economist Paul Samuelson than Popper’s ‘falsificationism’. This title will prove invaluable to both students and researchers, and represents a substantial contribution to debates about the scientific status of economics.
Book Synopsis Rationality, Institutions and Economic Methodology by : Bo Gustafsson
Download or read book Rationality, Institutions and Economic Methodology written by Bo Gustafsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1993-06-17 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at ways to increase the scope and power of institutional economics. Different approaches to economic methodology are considered and the broader notions of rationality offered by institutional economics are discussed.
Book Synopsis Foundations of Research in Economics by : Steven G. Medema
Download or read book Foundations of Research in Economics written by Steven G. Medema and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 21 prescriptive rather than descriptive treatments, well known academic economists set out how they think the discipline should be practiced both internally and in relation to other fields and arenas of society. They explore economics as a historical process and as a public science, realism in model buildings, social science, normative and positive aspects, extracting information from data, and worthwhile economics. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Book Synopsis Popper and Economic Methodology by : Thomas Boylan
Download or read book Popper and Economic Methodology written by Thomas Boylan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-09-11 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book, under the impressive editorship of Thomas Boylan and Paschal O'Gorman, explores a number of major themes central to the work of Karl Popper.The tensions that have resulted from Popperian thought are well documented. How can mainstream orthodox economics be falsifiable while privileging its core of rationality as unquestionable? This
Book Synopsis How Economists Model the World into Numbers by : Marcel Boumans
Download or read book How Economists Model the World into Numbers written by Marcel Boumans and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-12-17 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economics is dominated by model building, therefore a comprehension of how such models work is vital to understanding the discipline. This book provides a critical analysis of the economist's favourite tool, and as such will be an enlightening read for some, and an intriguing one for others.
Book Synopsis Beyond Positivism by : Bruce Caldwell
Download or read book Beyond Positivism written by Bruce Caldwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in 1982, Beyond Positivism has become established as one of the definitive statements on economic methodology. The book‘s rejection of positivism and its advocacy of pluralism were to have a profound influence in the flowering of work methodology that has taken place in economics in the decade since its publication. This editi
Book Synopsis The End of Value-Free Economics by : Hilary Putnam
Download or read book The End of Value-Free Economics written by Hilary Putnam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together key players in the current debate on positive and normative science and philosophy and value judgements in economics. Both editors have engaged in these debates throughout their careers from its early foundations; Putnam as a doctorial student of Hans Reichenbach at UCLA and Walsh a junior member of Lord Robbins’s department at the London School of Economics, both in the early 1950s. This book collects recent contributions from Martha Nussbaum, Amartya Sen and Partha Dasgupta, as well as a new chapter from the editors.
Book Synopsis Essays on Philosophy and Economic Methodology by : Daniel M. Hausman
Download or read book Essays on Philosophy and Economic Methodology written by Daniel M. Hausman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-11-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together the essays of one of the foremost American philosophers of economics. Cumulatively they offer fresh perspectives on foundational questions such as: what sort of science is economics? and how successful can economists be in acquiring knowledge of their subject matter?
Book Synopsis Reflection Without Rules by : D. Wade Hands
Download or read book Reflection Without Rules written by D. Wade Hands and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-09 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive and often controversial survey of economic methodology.
