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Methodology and Economics

A Critical Introduction

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  • © 1988

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  1. John Pheby

    1. City of Birmingham Polytechnic, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Inductivism and Deductivism in Economics

    • John Pheby
    Pages 1-21

  3. Falsification and Economics

    • John Pheby
    Pages 22-36

  4. Kuhn and Economics

    • John Pheby
    Pages 37-53

  5. Lakatos and Economics

    • John Pheby
    Pages 54-67

  6. Laudan and the Problems of Progress

    • John Pheby
    Pages 68-80

  7. Instrumentalism and Economics

    • John Pheby
    Pages 81-94

  8. Austrian Methodology

    • John Pheby
    Pages 95-113

  9. Marx’s Method

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    Pages 114-126

  10. Conclusion

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    Pages 127-131

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 132-145
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'Pheby's volume is especially to be welcomed as a clear and critical introduction to a large, complex and confusing methodological literature...It is recommended for all students of economics however experienced. ' A.W.Coats, Kyklos 'Professor Pheby in this much needed book gives a brilliant conducted tour ofour subject.' G.L.S.Shackle, foreword to the Japanese edition. Pheby has provided an antidote to the dangers of adopting, an excessively paradigmatic attitude, by supplying a well written, comprehensible guide to this esoteric field. More advanced scholars will appreciate his 168-entry bibliography.' D. Whitehead, Economics Methodology and Economics is a straightforward and interesting introduction in some of the methodologies that have influenced the work of economistswhich also quation their attempts to imitate the natural science. The way in which such 'naturalistic' methodologies, for example those of Bacon, descartes, Popper Kuhn and Friedman, have moulded much of the contemporary economics is discussed in a systematic and sequential fashion. Against such approaches it is suggested that the contributions of Austrian methodologists and Marx deserve greater attention. In conclusion, an agenda for future methodological work is outlined.

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  • City of Birmingham Polytechnic, UK

    John Pheby

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