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Methodology of Economics and Other Social Sciences
- 1st Edition - October 28, 1978
- Author: Fritz Machlup
- Editor: Karl Shell
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 7 1 4 3 - 9
Methodology of Economics and Other Social Sciences covers the problems in the methodological aspects of economics and other social science disciplines. This book is organized into… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMethodology of Economics and Other Social Sciences covers the problems in the methodological aspects of economics and other social science disciplines. This book is organized into seven parts encompassing 26 chapters. The first parts review the nature and significance of methodology of economics, along with the models and theories in the field. The succeeding parts deal with the verification problems, operational concepts, and interpretation of reality in economics. Other parts explore the methodological aspects of other social sciences. The last parts discuss some aspects and applications of economic methodologies. This book will be of value to economists, social scientists, and researchers.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart One On the Nature and Significance of Methodology Introduction to Part One Chapter 1 What Is Meant by Methodology: A Selective Survey of the Literature Chapter 2 Why Bother with Methodology?Part Two On Facts, Models, and Theories in Economics Introduction to Part Two Chapter 3 A Note on Models in Microeconomics Chapter 4 Fact and Theory in EconomicsPart Three On Verification and Operationalism Introduction to Part Three Chapter 5 The Problem of Verification in Economics Chapter 6 Operational Concepts and Mental Constructs in Model and Theory Formation Chapter 7 Operationalism and Pure Theory in EconomicsPart Four On Ideal Types and the Interpretation of Reality Introduction to Part Four Chapter 8 The Ideal Type: A Bad Name for a Good Construct Chapter 9 Ideal Types, Reality, and Construction Chapter 10 Homo Oeconomicus and His Classmates Chapter 11 The Universal Bogey: Economic ManPart Five On Comparisons Between Natural and Social Sciences Introduction to Part Five Chapter 12 If Matter Could Talk Chapter 13 The Inferiority Complex of the Social Sciences Chapter 14 Are the Social Sciences Really Inferior?Part Six Some Aspects and Applications of Economic Methodology Introduction to Part Six Chapter 15 Why Economics Disagree Chapter 16 Theories of the Firm: Marginalist, Behavioral, Managerial Chapter 17 Positive and Normative EconomicsPart Seven On Various Methodological Positions Introduction to Part Seven Chapter 18 Joseph Schumpeter's Economic Methodology Chapter 19 Gunnar Myrdal on Concealed Value Judgments Chapter 20 Paul Samuelson on Theory and Realism Chapter 21 Three Writers on Social Theory: Madge, Rose, and Zetterberg Chapter 22 John Neville Keynes' Scope and Method Chapter 23 Terence Hutchison's Reluctant Ultra-Empiricism Chapter 24 Adolf Lowe's Instrumental Analysis Chapter 25 Friedrich Hayek on Scientific and Scientistic Attitudes Chapter 26 Spiro Latsis on Situational DeterminismIndex
- No. of pages: 582
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 28, 1978
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483271439
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