Economics and the Philosophy of Science
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:26th Aug '93
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This is a theoretical examination of the scientific assumptions underlying much of economic theory. Part I discusses the philosophy of science in general, including the work of Popper, Lakatos, Feyerabend, Bartley, Kuhn, Fleck, Polyani, Toulmin, and Hanson. Part II focuses on Popper, Lakatos and Kuhn and their philosophies of economics. The author concludes that economists abuse methodology, especially paradigms that are used to demonstrate that a given school of thought is more scientific than another.
`important book ... providing economists, social scientists, and historians with the necessary background to discuss methodological matters with authority' University Press Book News
'This is a much needed book, which explores the tremendous impact which the philosophy of science has had on the imagination of economists ... Redman's book should be required reading for anyone interested in the application of the philosophy of science to economics.' Lee McIntyre, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1994
ISBN: 9780195082746
Dimensions: 154mm x 231mm x 22mm
Weight: 435g
272 pages