03290oam 2200637I 450 991045033290332120200520144314.01-134-77809-01-280-31709-40-203-97895-110.4324/9780203978955 (CKB)1000000000248938(EBL)240296(OCoLC)226376631(SSID)ssj0000132627(PQKBManifestationID)11150679(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132627(PQKBWorkID)10038287(PQKB)10575046(MiAaPQ)EBC240296(Au-PeEL)EBL240296(CaPaEBR)ebr10095069(CaONFJC)MIL31709(OCoLC)936912137(EXLCZ)99100000000024893820180331d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCritical economic methodology a personal odyssey /Lawrence A. BolandLondon ;New York :Routledge,1997.1 online resource (319 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-51498-3 0-415-13607-5 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Prologue; METHODOLOGY'S DEMAND AND SUPPLY; OUTLINE OF THE BOOK; 1 Economic methodology prior to 1979; 2 Criticizing the critiques of Friedman's 1953 essay; 3 Criticizing satisficing, empiricism and formalism in methodology; 4 On the methodology of the history of contemporary economic thought; 5 Tautology vs testability in economic methodology; 6 Criticizing the neoclassical maximization hypothesis is futile; 7 Appraisal vs criticism in economics; 8 The theory and practice of economic methodology; 9 Criticizing economic positivism10 Criticizing philosophy of economics11 Reflections on Blaug's Methodology of Economics; 12 Criticizing 'pluralism' and other conventionalist ploys; 13 Individualism vs rationality in economics; 14 Criticizing neoclassical equilibrium explanations; 15 On criticizing neoclassical dynamics; 16 Criticizing the value-freeness of neoclassical economics; 17 Criticizing the mathematics of neoclassical economics; 18 Criticizing stylized facts and stylized methodology; 19 Understanding the Popperian legacy in economics; 20 Scientific thinking without scientific method: two views of Popper; EpilogueBibliographyName index; Subject indexLawrence Boland takes issue with both economic methodologists and practicing economists. He argues that there has been too much 'methodology for methodology's sake' and that mainstream economics might benefit by using methodology to take a critical look at economic theory.EconomicsMethodologyEconomicsPhilosophyElectronic books.EconomicsMethodology.EconomicsPhilosophy.330/.072Boland Lawrence A.126624MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450332903321Critical economic methodology2240696UNINA