Beyond Rhetoric and Realism in Economics: Towards a Reformulation of Methodology by Thomas Boylan
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Provides comprehensive account of contoversial debate between rhetoric and scientific realism.
Beyond Rhetoric and Realism in Economics
Beyond Rhetoric and Realism in Economics
Summary
Boylan and O'Gorman inject a fresh empiricist voice into the debate on economic methodology. They strike a reasonable middle ground between the extremes of scientific realism and the rhetoric of economics.
Beyond Rhetoric and Realism in Economics Summary
About Thomas Boylan
Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman
Table of Contents
Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS: Methodological perspectives, 2 RHETORIC: The abandonment of methodology?, 3 CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: Methodology revisited, 4 SCIENTIFIC REALISM: Methodology reinstated, 5 THE PLAUSIBILITY OF ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS: Realist perspectives, 6 CONSTRUCTIVE EMPIRICISM: The challenge to scientific realism, 7 TOWARDS A RECONSTRUCTION OF ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY: The emergence of causal holism, 8 FROM FRIEDMAN TO KALDOR: A causal holist critique of the methodology of neoclassical economics, 9 CAUSAL HOLISM: Beyond rhetoric and realism, Bibliography,Index
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NLS9780415125130
9780415125130
0415125138
Beyond Rhetoric and Realism in Economics: Towards a Reformulation of Methodology by Thomas Boylan
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
1995-06-08
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