Boylan, Thomas A.
Beyond rhetoric and realism in economics : towards a reformulation of economic methodology / Thomas A. Boylan and Paschal F. O'Gorman. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1995. - xi, 248 p. ; 23 cm. - Economics as social theory .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index.
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.
0415125138 041508220X
94039813
Economics--Methodology.
Rhetoric.
330.01 / BOB
Beyond rhetoric and realism in economics : towards a reformulation of economic methodology / Thomas A. Boylan and Paschal F. O'Gorman. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1995. - xi, 248 p. ; 23 cm. - Economics as social theory .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index.
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.
0415125138 041508220X
94039813
Economics--Methodology.
Rhetoric.
330.01 / BOB