Popper and Economic Methodology
Contemporary Challenges
Published on 11. September 2007
192 pages
978-1-134-35850-2 (ISBN)
Description
This new book, under the impressive editorship of Thomas Boylan and Paschal O'Gorman, explores a number of major themes central to the work of Karl Popper.The tensions that have resulted from Popperian thought are well documented. How can mainstream orthodox economics be falsifiable while privileging its core of rationality as unquestionable? This
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,37 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-35850-2 (9781134358502)
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Persons
Thomas A. Boylan is Personal Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Paschal O'Gorman is Personal Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Content
Introduction 1. Popper, Economic Methodology and Contemporary Philosophy of Science 2. Situational Analysis and Popper's Three World Thesis: The Quest for Understanding 3. Challenging Popperian Rationality: Wittgenstein and Quine Reconsidered 4. Popper and Social Explanation 5. Metaphysics and Growth through Criticism 6. Conjectures on a Constructive Approach to Induction 7. Demystifying Induction and Falsification: Trans-Popperian Suggestions
