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A comprehensive overview of the study of methods and principles in economics, including philosophy, mathematics, experiments, and writing. Covers topics such as definition, scope, theory, individualism, holism, assumptions, and scientific status of economics.
1 sty 2016 · A comprehensive overview of the history and current state of the field of economic methodology, which concerns the principles underlying economic argumentation. The article traces the development of methodological reflections by economists and philosophers from the 19th century to the present, and outlines the main issues and debates in the field.
A book by Mark Blaug that examines the nature and history of economic explanation. It covers topics such as the philosophy of science, welfare economics, macroeconomics, general equilibrium theory, and the rationality postulate.
25 paź 2024 · methodological analysis of the theory and practice of contemporary economics; topics in the philosophical foundations of economics (either traditional or recent); the methodological writings and practice of early economic theorists; original contributions and new interpretations of traditional debates in economic methodology;
A comprehensive overview of the development and debates of economic methodology from the 19th century to the present. The article covers topics such as falsificationism, pluralism, paradigms, philosophy, history, and interdisciplinarity in economics.
1 sty 2017 · An overview of the history, philosophy and methods of economic inquiry, from the 19th century to the present. The entry covers topics such as falsificationism, causality, positivism, philosophy of science and the role of economists in the methodology debate.
The great British nineteenth-century economic methodologists focused attention on the premises of economic theory and continually warned their readers that the verification of economic predictions was at best a hazardous enterprise.
