The foundations of economic method : a Popperian perspective / / Lawrence A. Boland
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| Autore: |
Boland Lawrence A.
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| Titolo: |
The foundations of economic method : a Popperian perspective / / Lawrence A. Boland
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330/.07/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Economics - Methodology |
| Social sciences | |
| Classificazione: | 83.03 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-323) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Understanding the methodology of economics; The Problem of Induction vs. the Problem with Induction; The Explanatory Problem of Individualism; Rationality vs. Maximization; Maximization and Game Theory; Ideal-type Methodology and Instrumentalism; Psychologistic Individualism and the Methodology of New Institutional Economics; Equilibrium-based Explanation vs. Individualism; Imperfect Knowledge vs. Imperfect Behavior; From Macroeconomics to Evolutionary Game Theory |
| Time and Evolution in Economic TheoryInstrumentalism vs. Conventionalism: Against Rule-based Methodology; Optimistic vs. Defeatist Conventionalism; Falsifiability without Popper on the Agenda; Understanding Popper's Theory of Science; Situational Analysis and Neoclassical Explanation; Knowledge and Learning in Economic Models; Individualism and Social Knowledge; Obstacles to Building Realistic Models; Epilogue: Problem-oriented methodology: Towards a Popperian 'small-m' methodology of economics; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This updated edition is radically changed from the original and will be much appreciated by thinkers within economics. Boland is back. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Foundations of Economic Method |
| ISBN: | 0-429-23160-1 |
| 1-138-88104-X | |
| 0-203-42814-5 | |
| 1-280-02263-9 | |
| 1-134-49809-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783821003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge INEM advances in economic methodology ; ; 1.