Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman

Beyond Rhetoric and Realism in Economics (eBook, PDF)

Towards a Reformulation of Methodology

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 1995
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134801961
• Artikelnr.: 42683673

Autorenporträt

Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman

Inhaltsangabe

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