ABSTRACT

In recent years there has been a flowering of work on economic methodology. However there is no longer any consensus about which direction this should take or, indeed, even what the role and content of economic methodology should be. This book reflects this diversity. Its contributors are responsible for the major developments in this field and tog

part |2 pages

Part I. General Perspectives

part |2 pages

Part II. Falsificationism: for and Against

part |2 pages

Part III. Philosophical Perspectives on Economics

chapter 10|21 pages

Kuhn, Lakatos and the Character of Economics

chapter 12|21 pages

Reorienting the Assumptions Issue

chapter 13|29 pages

A Realist Theory for Economics

chapter 14|31 pages

Pragmatism, Pragmaticism and Economic Method

part |2 pages

Part IV. Economics as Discourse

chapter 15|24 pages

How to Do a Rhetorical Analysis, and Why

chapter 16|25 pages

Metaphor and Economics

chapter 17|15 pages

The Economy as Text