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This book seeks to advance social economic analysis, economic
methodology, and the history of economic thought in the context of
twenty-first-century scholarship and socio-economic concerns.
Bringing together carefully selected chapters by leading scholars
it examines the central contributions that John Davis has made to
various areas of scholarship. In recent decades, criticisms of
mainstream economics have rekindled interest in a number of areas
of scholarly inquiry that were frequently ignored by mainstream
economic theory and practice during the second half of the
twentieth century, including social economics, economic methodology
and history of economic thought. This book contributes to a growing
literature on the revival of these areas of scholarship and
highlights the pivotal role that John Davis's work has played in
the ongoing revival. Together, the international panel of
contributors show how Davis's insights in complexity theory,
identity, and stratification are key to understanding a
reconfigured economic methodology. They also reveal that Davis's
willingness to draw from multiple academic disciplines gives us a
platform for interrogating mainstream economics and provides the
basis for a humane yet scientific alternative. This unique volume
will be essential reading for advanced students and researchers
across social economics, history of economic thought, economic
methodology, political economy and philosophy of social science.
This book seeks to advance social economic analysis, economic
methodology, and the history of economic thought in the context of
twenty-first-century scholarship and socio-economic concerns.
Bringing together carefully selected chapters by leading scholars
it examines the central contributions that John Davis has made to
various areas of scholarship. In recent decades, criticisms of
mainstream economics have rekindled interest in a number of areas
of scholarly inquiry that were frequently ignored by mainstream
economic theory and practice during the second half of the
twentieth century, including social economics, economic methodology
and history of economic thought. This book contributes to a growing
literature on the revival of these areas of scholarship and
highlights the pivotal role that John Davis's work has played in
the ongoing revival. Together, the international panel of
contributors show how Davis's insights in complexity theory,
identity, and stratification are key to understanding a
reconfigured economic methodology. They also reveal that Davis's
willingness to draw from multiple academic disciplines gives us a
platform for interrogating mainstream economics and provides the
basis for a humane yet scientific alternative. This unique volume
will be essential reading for advanced students and researchers
across social economics, history of economic thought, economic
methodology, political economy and philosophy of social science.
Patrick Suppes (1922-2014) was an extraordinarily wide-ranging
scholar. Although best known as a philosopher of science, Suppes
made substantial contributions to a remarkably wide range of
different fields of research including many relevant to economics:
decision theory, philosophy of economics, modeling theory,
foundations of measurement, philosophy of psychology (and thus what
is now behavioral economics), and many other fields. This
collection recognizes Suppes's contributions to economics and
economic methodology with a symposium of papers that examine, build
on, and/or assess Suppes's research in these areas. The authors
include philosophers, economists, game theorists, historians of
economics, and many whose research combine these fields. This book
honors Patrick Suppes, while at the same time, exhibiting the
richness of contemporary philosophy of economics. It was originally
published as a special issue of the Journal of Economic
Methodology.
This is the first book to describe the entire developmental history
of the human aspects of economics. The issue of "self-interest" is
discussed throughout, from pre-Adam Smith to contemporary
neuroeconomics, representing a unique contribution to economics.
Though the notion of self-interest has been interpreted in several
ways by various schools of economics and economists since Smith
first placed it at the heart of the field, this is the first book
to focus on this important but overlooked topic. Traditionally,
economic theory has presupposed that the core of human behavior is
self-interest. Nevertheless, some economists, e.g. recent
behavioral economists, have cast doubt on this "self-interested"
explanation. Further, though many economists have agreed on the
central role of self-interest in economic behavior, each
economist's positioning of self-interest in economic theory differs
to some degree. This book helps to elucidate the position of
self-interest in economic theory. Given its focus, it is a
must-read companion, not only on the history of economic thought
but also on economic theory. Furthermore, as today's capitalism is
increasingly causing people to wonder just where self-interest
lies, it also appeals to general readers.
Economic methodology has traditionally been associated with logical
positivism in the vein of Milton Friedman, Karl Popper, Imre
Lakatos and Thomas Kuhn. However, the emergence and proliferation
of new research programs in economics have stimulated many novel
developments in economic methodology. This impressive Companion
critically examines these advances in methodological thinking,
particularly those that are associated with the new research
programs which challenge standard economic methodology. Bringing
together a collection of leading contributors to this new
methodological thinking, the authors explain how it differs from
the past and point towards further concerns and future issues. The
recent research programs explored include behavioral and
experimental economics, neuroeconomics, new welfare theory,
happiness and subjective well-being research, geographical
economics, complexity and computational economics, agent-based
modeling, evolutionary thinking, macroeconomics and Keynesianism
after the crisis, and new thinking about the status of the
economics profession and the role of the media in economics. This
important compendium will prove invaluable for researchers and
postgraduate students of economic methodology and the philosophy of
economics. Practitioners in the vanguard of new economic thinking
will also find plenty of useful information in this path-breaking
book. Contributors: A. Alexandrova, E. Angner, R.E. Backhouse, B.W.
Bateman, P.L. Borrill, L. Bruni, D. Colander, J.B. Davis, K.
Dopfer, P. Garcia Duarte, D.W. Hands, D.M. Haybron, F. Heukelom,
G.M. Hodgson, K. Juselius, U. Maki, C. Marchionni, T. Mata, P.
Mirowski, P.L. Porta, D. Ross, A.C. Santos, L. Tesfatsion, P.
Tubaro, K. Vela Velupillai, J. Vromen, L.R. Wray, S. Zambelli
Economic methodology has traditionally been associated with logical
positivism in the vein of Milton Friedman, Karl Popper, Imre
Lakatos and Thomas Kuhn. However, the emergence and proliferation
of new research programs in economics have stimulated many novel
developments in economic methodology. This impressive Companion
critically examines these advances in methodological thinking,
particularly those that are associated with the new research
programs which challenge standard economic methodology. Bringing
together a collection of leading contributors to this new
methodological thinking, the authors explain how it differs from
the past and point towards further concerns and future issues. The
recent research programs explored include behavioral and
experimental economics, neuroeconomics, new welfare theory,
happiness and subjective well-being research, geographical
economics, complexity and computational economics, agent-based
modeling, evolutionary thinking, macroeconomics and Keynesianism
after the crisis, and new thinking about the status of the
economics profession and the role of the media in economics. This
important compendium will prove invaluable for researchers and
postgraduate students of economic methodology and the philosophy of
economics. Practitioners in the vanguard of new economic thinking
will also find plenty of useful information in this path-breaking
book. Contributors: A. Alexandrova, E. Angner, R.E. Backhouse, B.W.
Bateman, P.L. Borrill, L. Bruni, D. Colander, J.B. Davis, K.
Dopfer, P. Garcia Duarte, D.W. Hands, D.M. Haybron, F. Heukelom,
G.M. Hodgson, K. Juselius, U. Maki, C. Marchionni, T. Mata, P.
Mirowski, P.L. Porta, D. Ross, A.C. Santos, L. Tesfatsion, P.
Tubaro, K. Vela Velupillai, J. Vromen, L.R. Wray, S. Zambelli
Patrick Suppes (1922-2014) was an extraordinarily wide-ranging
scholar. Although best known as a philosopher of science, Suppes
made substantial contributions to a remarkably wide range of
different fields of research including many relevant to economics:
decision theory, philosophy of economics, modeling theory,
foundations of measurement, philosophy of psychology (and thus what
is now behavioral economics), and many other fields. This
collection recognizes Suppes's contributions to economics and
economic methodology with a symposium of papers that examine, build
on, and/or assess Suppes's research in these areas. The authors
include philosophers, economists, game theorists, historians of
economics, and many whose research combine these fields. This book
honors Patrick Suppes, while at the same time, exhibiting the
richness of contemporary philosophy of economics. It was originally
published as a special issue of the Journal of Economic
Methodology.
This is the first book to describe the entire developmental history
of the human aspects of economics. The issue of "self-interest" is
discussed throughout, from pre-Adam Smith to contemporary
neuroeconomics, representing a unique contribution to economics.
Though the notion of self-interest has been interpreted in several
ways by various schools of economics and economists since Smith
first placed it at the heart of the field, this is the first book
to focus on this important but overlooked topic. Traditionally,
economic theory has presupposed that the core of human behavior is
self-interest. Nevertheless, some economists, e.g. recent
behavioral economists, have cast doubt on this "self-interested"
explanation. Further, though many economists have agreed on the
central role of self-interest in economic behavior, each
economist's positioning of self-interest in economic theory differs
to some degree. This book helps to elucidate the position of
self-interest in economic theory. Given its focus, it is a
must-read companion, not only on the history of economic thought
but also on economic theory. Furthermore, as today's capitalism is
increasingly causing people to wonder just where self-interest
lies, it also appeals to general readers.
Reflection without Rules offers a comprehensive, pointed
exploration of the methodological tradition in economics and the
breakdown of the received view within the philosophy of science.
Professor Hands investigates economists' use of naturalistic and
sociological paradigms to model economic phenomena and assesses the
roles of pragmatism, discourse, and situatedness in discussions of
economic practice before turning to a systematic exploration of
more recent developments in economic methodology. The treatment
emphasizes the changes taking place in science theory and its
relationship to the movement away from a rules-based view of
economic methodology. The work will be of interest to all
economists concerned with methodological issues as well as
philosophers and others studying the relationships between
economics and contemporary science theory.
Reflection without Rules offers a comprehensive, pointed exploration of the methodological tradition in economics and the breakdown of the received view within the philosophy of science. Professor Hands investigates economists' use of naturalistic and sociological paradigms to model economic phenomena and assesses the roles of pragmatism, discourse, and situatedness in discussions of economic practice before turning to a systematic exploration of more recent developments in economic methodology. The treatment emphasizes the changes taking place in science theory and its relationship to the movement away from a rules-based view of economic methodology.
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Varia (French, Paperback)
J er ome Ballet, Didier Chabanet, Emmanuel D'Hombres, Bernard Guery, Rowena Ann Pecchenino, …
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Discovery Miles 12 220
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