(eBook PDF) Economic Methodology Understanding Economics as a Science 2nd Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
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- ISBN-10 : 1137545550
- ISBN-13 : 978-1137545558
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Economic Methodology explores the status and character of economics as a social science and introduces students to philosophical issues underlying modern science. Approaching the subject as philosophy of science for economists, the authors use the historical developments in philosophy of science to frame this introduction to the field of economic methodology. By doing this they strengthen students’ understanding of economics as a science to enhance their reasoning skills, introducing them to the wider philosophical issues surrounding our understanding of the area.
table of contents:
1. Introduction to symposium on ‘Patrick Suppes, economics, and economic methodology’
2. Patrick Suppes and game theory
3. Measurement theory and utility analysis in Suppes’ early work, 1951–1958
4. Choice-based cardinal utility: a tribute to Patrick Suppes
5. Suppes’ probabilistic theory of causality and causal inference in economics
6. Suppes’s outlines of an empirical measurement theory
7. Freedom and choice in economics
8. The world in axioms: an interview with Patrick Suppes