03297nam 2200649Ia 450 991082260790332120200520144314.01-134-77808-21-134-77809-01-280-31709-40-203-97895-110.4324/9780203978955 (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)99100000000024893819960425d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCritical economic methodology a personal odyssey /Lawrence A. Boland1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19971 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.EconomicsMethodologyEconomicsPhilosophyEconomicsMethodology.EconomicsPhilosophy.330/.072Boland Lawrence A0MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822607903321Critical economic methodology4009952UNINA