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Genre/Form: | Congress Conference papers and proceedings Actes de congrès Congresses Congrès |
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Named Person: | Karl R Popper; Popper; Karl Raimund Popper, Sir; Karl Raimund Popper, Sir; Karl R Popper; Karl R Popper; Karl Raimund Popper |
Material Type: | Conference publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Neil De Marchi; Universiteit van Amsterdam. |
ISBN: | 0521355761 9780521355766 |
OCLC Number: | 17480089 |
Notes: | Papers from a symposium sponsored by the University of Amsterdam held Dec. 17-18, 1985. |
Description: | xii, 280 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Machine derived contents note: Part I. Popper as a philosopher of science: 1. An appraisal of Popperian methodology Daniel M. Hausman; 2. The natural order J. Klant; Part II. Popper among the economists: 3. Ad hocness in economics and the Popperian tradition D. Wade Hands; 4. Popper and the LSE economists Neil de Marchi; Part III. Falsification and trying to do without it: 5. The case for falsification Terence W. Hutchison; 6. John Hicks and the methodology of economics Mark Blaug; Part IV. The missing chapter: empirical work and its appraisal: 7. Finding a satisfactory empirical model Mary Morgan; 8. The neo-Walrasian program is empirically progressive E. Roy Weintraub; Part V. Non-Popperian perspectives on economics: 9. The case for pluralism Bruce J. Caldwell; 10. Thick and thin methodologies in the history of economic thought Donald N. McCloskey; 11. Economics as discourse Arjo Klamer. |
Responsibility: | edited by Neil de Marchi. |
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Abstract:
This volume examines just why and in what sense, Sir Karl Popper's view of empirical falsifiability as the distinguishing characteristic of science has found appeal among economists. The limitations of this tenet, both for a philosophy of science and as a guideline to economic inquiry, are examined, as are several of the proposed alternatives.
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