Economic Methodology

Understanding Economics as a Science
2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-54555-8
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

Economic Methodology explores the status and character of economics as a social science and introduces students to philosophical issues underlying modern science. Approaching the subject as philosophy of science for economists, the authors use the historical developments in philosophy of science to frame this introduction to the field of economic methodology. By doing this they strengthen students' understanding of economics as a science to enhance their reasoning skills, introducing them to the wider philosophical issues surrounding our understanding of the area.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boumans, Marcel

Davis, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- 1. The Received View of Science.- 2. Methodologies of Positive Economics.- 3. Popper's Logic of Discovery.- 4. Kuhn and Lakatos.- 5. The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge.- 6. Rhetoric, Postmodernism, and Pluralism.- 7. Value Judgments in Economics.- Glossary.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Marcel Boumans is Associate Professor History and Methodology of Economics at the Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

John B. Davis is Professor of Economics, Marquette University, USA, and Professor of Economics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.