Lawrence A Boland

Foundations of Economic Method

A Popperian Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

Many consider Foundations of Economic Method to be Lawrence Boland's best work. This updated edition is radically changed from the original and will be much appreciated by thinkers within economics. The book positions methodology vis-A-vis the current practice of economists and is all the better for it. Yet another book that not only deserves to be read by those within the field of economic methodology, but also by those involved in economics at all. Boland is back.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780415267748
• ISBN-10: 0415267749
• Artikelnr.: 21611363

Autorenporträt

Lawrence A. Boland is Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He has published widely within economic methodology and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Understanding the Methodology of EconomicsPart 1: The 'Hidden
Agenda' of Neoclassical Economics1. The problem of Induction vs. the
Problem with Induction2. The Explanatory Problem of IndividualismPart 2:
The Visible Agenda of Neoclassical Economics3. Rationality vs.
Maximization4. Maximization and Game TheoryPart 3: Critical Applied
Methodology5. Ideal-Type Methodology and Intrumentalism6.
Psychologistic-Individualism and the Methodology of New Institutional
Economics7. Equilibrium-based Explanations vs. Individualism8. Imperfect
Knowledge vs. Imperfect Behaviour9. From Macroseconomics to Evolutionary
Game Theory10.Time and Evolution in Economic TheoryPart 4: A Critique of
Traditional Economic Methodology11.Intrumentalism vs. Conventionalism:
Against Rule-based Methodology12.Optimistic and Defeatist
Conventionalism13.Falsifiability without Popper an the AgendaPart 5:
Putting Popper on the Agenda14.Understanding Popper's Theory of
Science15.Situational Analysis and Neocalssical ExplanationPart 6: Applied
Methodology for Economics Model Building16.Knowledge and Learning in
Economic Models17.Individualism and Social Knowledge18.Obstacles to
Building Realistic ModelsEpilogue: Problem-oriented Methodology: towards a
Popperian 'small-m' Methodology of Economics