Beyond rhetoric and realism in economics : towards a reformulation of economic methodology - Boylan, Thomas A.; O'Gorman, Paschal F. (Paschal Francis), 1943- (London ; New York : Routledge, 1995)
1. Philosophy of Science and Economics: Methodological Perspectives -- 2. Rhetoric: The Abandonment of Methodology? -- 3. Contemporary Philosophy of Science: Methodology Revisited -- 4. Scientific Realism: Methodology Reinstated -- 5. The Plausibility of Economic Assumptions: Realist Perspectives -- 6. Constructive Empiricism: The Challenge to Scientific Realism -- 7. Towards a Reconstruction of Economic Methodology: The Emergence of Causal Holism -- 8. From Friedman to Kaldor: A Causal Holist Critique of the Methodology of Neoclassical Economics -- 9. Causal Holism: Beyond Rhetoric and Realism.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index.
Keywords: Economics -- Methodology; Rhetoric