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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828461703321

Autore

Boylan Thomas A.

Titolo

Hahn and economic methodology / / Thomas A. Boylan, Paschal F. O'Gorman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-46201-5

1-136-46202-3

0-203-12734-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Collana

Routledge frontiers of political economy

Altri autori (Persone)

O'GormanPaschal F <1943-> (Paschal Francis)

Disciplina

330.1

Soggetti

Economics - Methodology

Economics - Mathematical models

Equilibrium (Economics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Hahn and Economic Methodology; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Hahn in context: an overview; 3. Hahn's hostility to methodology; 4. In defence of economic theorizing; 5. The core of neoclassical economics?; 6. Economics and axiomatization; 7. Kaldor and Hahn on equilibrium economics; 8. Economics, mathematics and rationality: a new grammarof argumentation?; 9. Economic theory and Hahn's virtues of understanding; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Hahn on Methodology: The Quest for Understanding addresses two fundamental questions: (i) what is distinctive about economic theorising?; (ii) what is the cognitive value of the outcome of this activity of economic theorising, i.e. economic theory. We will argue that for Hahn, economic theorising is distinctive with respect to four dimensions. Firstly, the aim of economic theory is neither to describe nor explain the real economic world, as in the physical sciences. Rather the aim is to achieve objective, but non-scientific, understanding. Secondly, the central question for economi