Beyond positivism : economic methodology in the twentieth century
Economics BUSINESS & ECONOMICS History
Routledge
1994
Rev. ed.
EISBN 9780203565520
Introduction.
Logical positivism.
The positivist tradition matures : the emergence of logical empiricism.
The philosophical attack on logical empiricism.
Contemporary philosophy of science : the growth of knowledge tradition.
Robbins versus Hutchinson : the introduction of positivisim in economic methodology.
Hutchinson versus Machlup : on indirect testing and the rationality postulate.
Friedman's methodological instrumentalism.
Samuelson : operationalism, descriptivism, and explanation in economics.
Is philosophy of science useful for understanding methodology.
Prescription, description, and theory appraisal.
Confirmation and falsificationism in economics.
A program for economic methodologists : methodological pluralism.
Logical positivism.
The positivist tradition matures : the emergence of logical empiricism.
The philosophical attack on logical empiricism.
Contemporary philosophy of science : the growth of knowledge tradition.
Robbins versus Hutchinson : the introduction of positivisim in economic methodology.
Hutchinson versus Machlup : on indirect testing and the rationality postulate.
Friedman's methodological instrumentalism.
Samuelson : operationalism, descriptivism, and explanation in economics.
Is philosophy of science useful for understanding methodology.
Prescription, description, and theory appraisal.
Confirmation and falsificationism in economics.
A program for economic methodologists : methodological pluralism.
