Hahn and Economic Methodology: 29 (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy) - Tapa dura

Boylan, Thomas; O'Gorman, Paschal

 
9780415213486: Hahn and Economic Methodology: 29 (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy)
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ISBN 10: 0415213487 ISBN 13: 9780415213486
Editorial: Routledge, 2012

Sinopsis

Hahn on Methodology: The Quest for Understanding addresses two fundamental questions: (i) what is distinctive about economic theorising?; (ii) what is the cognitive value of the outcome of this activity of economic theorising, i.e. economic theory. We will argue that for Hahn, economic theorising is distinctive with respect to four dimensions. Firstly, the aim of economic theory is neither to describe nor explain the real economic world, as in the physical sciences. Rather the aim is to achieve objective, but non-scientific, understanding. Secondly, the central question for economic theory remains for Hahn how to understand, but not to predict as in physics for instance, how decentralised choices interact and perhaps get co-ordinated. Thirdly, Hahn identifies ‘three commitments’ without which, he argues, economic theorising for him is not possible. Finally, economic theorising has a distinctive approach, which Hahn calls its ‘grammar of argumentation’

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Acerca del autor

Thomas A. Boylan is Personal Professor of Economics at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Paschal F. O’Gorman is Personal Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Both Professors have collaborated over the last 20years and have co-written and co-edited a number of books (all with Routledge), and published extensively in an array of international journals.

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0415213487
ISBN 13 
9780415213486
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
166
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