LEADER 05495nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910959995303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613612298 010 $a9781280582516 010 $a1280582510 010 $a9780080930770 010 $a0080930778 035 $a(CKB)2670000000172202 035 $a(EBL)906975 035 $a(OCoLC)793193168 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000667843 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11402465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000667843 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10699058 035 $a(PQKB)10960607 035 $a(PPN)263062937 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88929289 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC906975 035 $a(FRCYB88929289)88929289 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000172202 100 $a20120509d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aHandbook of the philosophy of science /$fGeneral editors: Dov M.Gabby, Paul Thagard, John Woods 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aBoston $cElsevier/Academic Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (929 p.) 225 1 $aHandbook of the Philosophy of Science 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780444516763 311 08$a044451676X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFrontCover; Philosophy of Economics; Copyright; Dedication; General Preface; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Part A : General Philosophical Themes; Realism and Antirealism about Economics; 1 Introduction; 2 Scientific Realism in Conventional Philosophy of Science; 3 Ingredients of a Minimal Scientific Realism; 4 Commonsensibles and Their Modifications in Economic Modelling; 5 Social Construction (What?) of What?; 6 Conclusion; Bibliography; The Rise and Fall of Popper and Lakatos in Economics; 1 Introduction; 2 Early Engagements with Popper 327 $a3 Lakatos and The Emergence of Economic Methodology4 The Movement From Popper and Lakatos; 5 Appraising Economic Theories; 6 Methodology After Lakatos; 7 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Models and Modelling in Economics; 1 Introduction; 2 Nature of Economic Models; 3 Working with Models; 4 Conclusions: From Models to Modelling; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Economic Theory and Causal Inference; 1 Reductionist and Structuralist Accounts of Causality; 2 Structual Estimation and Causality; 3 The Assault on Macroeconometric Models; 4 Inferring Causes from Interventions 327 $a5 Graph-Theoretic Accounts of Causal Structure6 A Synthetic Program for Uncovering the Causal Structure of Vars; Bibliography; Naturalism and The Nature of Economic Evidence; 1 Naturalism and Evidence; 2 Nonexperimental Evidence; 3 Experimental Evidence; 4 Evidence and Unrealistic Causal Models; Conclusion; Bibliography; Some Issues Concerning The Nature of Economic Explanation; 1 Some Controversies About Explanation; 2 Formal Criteria For Explanation in Economics; 3 Theoretical Entities and Explanation; 4 When Do Models Explain?; 5 Macro and Microexplanation 327 $a6 Functional Explanation and Evolutionary Economics7 The Nature of Economic Causes; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; The Unreasonable Efficacy of Mathematics in Modern Economics; 1 The Classical Arguments; 2 The Role and Functions of Mathematics in Neoclassical Economics; 3 Post-1980 Developments in Alternative Possibilities for Mathematical Formalization in Economics; 4 A Revival of Philosophy of Mathematics for Economics?; Bibliography; Feminist Philosophy of Economics; Introduction; What Makes an Economic Inquiry Feminist?; Is Rational Choice Theory Androcentric? 327 $aValues and Objectivity in Economics"Critical Realism:"" A Contested View in Feminist Philosophy of Economics; Conclusion; Bibliography; The Positive-Normative Dichotomy and Economics; 1 Introduction to The Positive-Normative Dichotomy; 2 The History of The Positive-Normative Dichotomy in Economics; 3 Normative and Ethically Normative; 4 The Entanglement of Positive and (Ethically) Normative; 5 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Economic Theory, Anti-Economics, and Political Ideology; 1 Introduction; 2 Anti-Economists and Markets 327 $a3 Economic Theory and The Normative Status of The Market 330 $aPart of the Handbook of the Philosophy of Science Series edited by: Dov M. Gabbay King's College, London, UK; Paul Thagard University of Waterloo, Canada; and John Woods University of British Columbia, Canada. Philosophy of Economics investigates the foundational concepts and methods of economics, the social science that analyzes the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. This groundbreaking collection, the most thorough treatment of the philosophy of economics ever published, brings together philosophers, scientists and historians to map out 410 0$aHandbook of the Philosophy of Science 517 3 $aPhilosophy of science 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy 606 $aPhilosophy 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPhilosophy. 676 $a330.01 676 $a330.01 701 $aGabby$b Dov M$01795168 701 $aThagard$b Paul$027854 701 $aWoods$b John$0592302 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959995303321 996 $aHandbook of the philosophy of science$94336251 997 $aUNINA