LEADER 03077oam 2200661I 450 001 9910457715903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-46202-3 010 $a0-203-12734-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203127346 035 $a(CKB)2550000000096939 035 $a(EBL)957610 035 $a(OCoLC)798533437 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000622930 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11389588 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622930 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10647148 035 $a(PQKB)11548394 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC957610 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL957610 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10545488 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL760987 035 $a(OCoLC)787851154 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000096939 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHahn and economic methodology /$fThomas A. Boylan, Paschal F. O'Gorman 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (183 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge frontiers of political economy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-81065-7 311 $a0-415-21348-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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 330 $aHahn on Methodology: The Quest for Understanding addresses two fundamental questions: (i) what is distinctive about economic theorising?; (ii) what is the cognitive value of the outcome of this activity of economic theorising, i.e. economic theory. We will argue that for Hahn, economic theorising is distinctive with respect to four dimensions. Firstly, the aim of economic theory is neither to describe nor explain the real economic world, as in the physical sciences. Rather the aim is to achieve objective, but non-scientific, understanding. Secondly, the central question for economi 410 0$aRoutledge frontiers of political economy ;$v29. 606 $aEconomics$xMethodology 606 $aEconomics$xMathematical models 606 $aEquilibrium (Economics) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEconomics$xMethodology. 615 0$aEconomics$xMathematical models. 615 0$aEquilibrium (Economics) 676 $a330.1 700 $aBoylan$b Thomas A.$0252352 701 $aO'Gorman$b Paschal F$g(Paschal Francis),$f1943-$0252353 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457715903321 996 $aHahn and economic methodology$91916802 997 $aUNINA