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Reorienting economics / / Tony Lawson
| Reorienting economics / / Tony Lawson |
| Autore | Lawson Tony |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.1 |
| Collana | Economics as Social Theory |
| Soggetto topico | Economics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-59046-8
9786613902917 0-203-92996-9 1-134-52595-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Reorienting Economics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Part I: The current orientation of the discipline and the proposed alternative; 1. Four theses on the state of modern economics; Thesis 1; Deductivism; Thesis 2; Thesis 3; Ontology; Closed systems; Atomism and isolationism; A theory of social ontology; Fictions; Modelling successes; The nature of the argument; Thesis 4; Science; The mainstream project and science; Implications for the discipline of economics; 2. An ontological turn in economics; Context and philosophical method
Contending approaches to economic methodologyCritical realism in economics; Transcendental analysis and social theory; Specific strategies; A theory of social ontology; Social rules; Social positions; Internal relationality; Transformation and reproduction; Reproduction over space and time; Emergence and process; Human being and subjectivity; Habitus; Consciousness; Agency/structure interaction; Forward-looking behaviour; Personal identities and meaning; Limitations of perspective; Implications of the ontological enquiry; Errors and dangers; Clarification; Directionality The context of ontology3. What has realism got to do with it?; Realist as a contrast to non-realist; Realist: more rather than less; Competing programmes; The problem with modern mainstream economics; A realist alternative; The situation in 'economic methodology'; Hausman and economics; Hausman and critical realism; Concluding remarks; Part II: Possibilities for economics; 4. Explanatory method for social science; Conditions of social explanatory endeavour; Causal explanation and retroduction; The central problem of social explanation; A point of departure; Contrasts and interest An illustrative exampleScientific experiments once more; Plant breeding; Conditions of possibility of successes; Moving towards the social domain; Contrast explanation; Initiating the explanatory process and interest relativity; Directing the explanatory process; Discriminating between causal hypotheses; Facilitating explanatory research in the social domain; A seemingly general explanatory model; Demi-regularities; Enduring or widespread social processes; The feasibility of social explanation; 5. An evolutionary economics? On borrowing fromevolutionary biology The allure of an evolutionary economicsThe biological and social connection; Evolutionary theory and metaphor; Advantages of the evolutionary model for social understanding:a preliminary orientation; The nature of social material; The biological model and mainstream economics; Natural selection; A biological example: the beaks of Darwin's finches; Towards a general evolutionary model; The PVRS model; The natural selection mechanism; Back to social processes; The PVRS evolutionary model as a transformational model ofsocial activity Disanalogies between evolutionary biology and evolutionarysocial science |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465256403321 |
Lawson Tony
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reorienting economics / / Tony Lawson
| Reorienting economics / / Tony Lawson |
| Autore | Lawson Tony |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.1 |
| Collana | Economics as Social Theory |
| Soggetto topico | Economics |
| ISBN |
1-134-52594-X
1-283-59046-8 9786613902917 0-203-92996-9 1-134-52595-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Reorienting Economics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Part I: The current orientation of the discipline and the proposed alternative; 1. Four theses on the state of modern economics; Thesis 1; Deductivism; Thesis 2; Thesis 3; Ontology; Closed systems; Atomism and isolationism; A theory of social ontology; Fictions; Modelling successes; The nature of the argument; Thesis 4; Science; The mainstream project and science; Implications for the discipline of economics; 2. An ontological turn in economics; Context and philosophical method
Contending approaches to economic methodologyCritical realism in economics; Transcendental analysis and social theory; Specific strategies; A theory of social ontology; Social rules; Social positions; Internal relationality; Transformation and reproduction; Reproduction over space and time; Emergence and process; Human being and subjectivity; Habitus; Consciousness; Agency/structure interaction; Forward-looking behaviour; Personal identities and meaning; Limitations of perspective; Implications of the ontological enquiry; Errors and dangers; Clarification; Directionality The context of ontology3. What has realism got to do with it?; Realist as a contrast to non-realist; Realist: more rather than less; Competing programmes; The problem with modern mainstream economics; A realist alternative; The situation in 'economic methodology'; Hausman and economics; Hausman and critical realism; Concluding remarks; Part II: Possibilities for economics; 4. Explanatory method for social science; Conditions of social explanatory endeavour; Causal explanation and retroduction; The central problem of social explanation; A point of departure; Contrasts and interest An illustrative exampleScientific experiments once more; Plant breeding; Conditions of possibility of successes; Moving towards the social domain; Contrast explanation; Initiating the explanatory process and interest relativity; Directing the explanatory process; Discriminating between causal hypotheses; Facilitating explanatory research in the social domain; A seemingly general explanatory model; Demi-regularities; Enduring or widespread social processes; The feasibility of social explanation; 5. An evolutionary economics? On borrowing fromevolutionary biology The allure of an evolutionary economicsThe biological and social connection; Evolutionary theory and metaphor; Advantages of the evolutionary model for social understanding:a preliminary orientation; The nature of social material; The biological model and mainstream economics; Natural selection; A biological example: the beaks of Darwin's finches; Towards a general evolutionary model; The PVRS model; The natural selection mechanism; Back to social processes; The PVRS evolutionary model as a transformational model ofsocial activity Disanalogies between evolutionary biology and evolutionarysocial science |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792099303321 |
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Lawson Tony
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reorienting economics / / Tony Lawson
| Reorienting economics / / Tony Lawson |
| Autore | Lawson Tony |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.1 |
| Collana | Economics as Social Theory |
| Soggetto topico | Economics |
| ISBN |
1-134-52594-X
1-283-59046-8 9786613902917 0-203-92996-9 1-134-52595-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Reorienting Economics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Part I: The current orientation of the discipline and the proposed alternative; 1. Four theses on the state of modern economics; Thesis 1; Deductivism; Thesis 2; Thesis 3; Ontology; Closed systems; Atomism and isolationism; A theory of social ontology; Fictions; Modelling successes; The nature of the argument; Thesis 4; Science; The mainstream project and science; Implications for the discipline of economics; 2. An ontological turn in economics; Context and philosophical method
Contending approaches to economic methodologyCritical realism in economics; Transcendental analysis and social theory; Specific strategies; A theory of social ontology; Social rules; Social positions; Internal relationality; Transformation and reproduction; Reproduction over space and time; Emergence and process; Human being and subjectivity; Habitus; Consciousness; Agency/structure interaction; Forward-looking behaviour; Personal identities and meaning; Limitations of perspective; Implications of the ontological enquiry; Errors and dangers; Clarification; Directionality The context of ontology3. What has realism got to do with it?; Realist as a contrast to non-realist; Realist: more rather than less; Competing programmes; The problem with modern mainstream economics; A realist alternative; The situation in 'economic methodology'; Hausman and economics; Hausman and critical realism; Concluding remarks; Part II: Possibilities for economics; 4. Explanatory method for social science; Conditions of social explanatory endeavour; Causal explanation and retroduction; The central problem of social explanation; A point of departure; Contrasts and interest An illustrative exampleScientific experiments once more; Plant breeding; Conditions of possibility of successes; Moving towards the social domain; Contrast explanation; Initiating the explanatory process and interest relativity; Directing the explanatory process; Discriminating between causal hypotheses; Facilitating explanatory research in the social domain; A seemingly general explanatory model; Demi-regularities; Enduring or widespread social processes; The feasibility of social explanation; 5. An evolutionary economics? On borrowing fromevolutionary biology The allure of an evolutionary economicsThe biological and social connection; Evolutionary theory and metaphor; Advantages of the evolutionary model for social understanding:a preliminary orientation; The nature of social material; The biological model and mainstream economics; Natural selection; A biological example: the beaks of Darwin's finches; Towards a general evolutionary model; The PVRS model; The natural selection mechanism; Back to social processes; The PVRS evolutionary model as a transformational model ofsocial activity Disanalogies between evolutionary biology and evolutionarysocial science |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825685303321 |
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Lawson Tony
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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