TY  - BOOK
AU  - Caldwell,Bruce
TI  - Beyond positivism: economic methodology in the twentieth century 
SN  - 0203565525
AV  - HB131 .C37 1994eb 
U1  - 330.1 20
PY  - 1994///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Economics
KW  - Methodology
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Économie politique
KW  - Méthodologie
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Theory
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-274) and index; Introduction -- Logical positivism -- The positivist tradition matures : the emergence of logical empiricism -- The philosophical attack on logical empiricism -- Contemporary philosophy of science : the growth of knowledge tradition -- Robbins versus Hutchinson : the introduction of positivisim in economic methodology -- Hutchinson versus Machlup : on indirect testing and the rationality postulate -- Friedman's methodological instrumentalism -- Samuelson : operationalism, descriptivism, and explanation in economics -- Is philosophy of science useful for understanding methodology -- Prescription, description, and theory appraisal -- Confirmation and falsificationism in economics -- A program for economic methodologists : methodological pluralism
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