01574cam a2200301 a 4500 676229 BD-DhUL 20160508142123.0 941017s1995 enk b 001 0 eng 94039813 0415125138 paperback 041508220X hardback 676229 TOC eng TOC TOC BD-DhUL 330.01 20 BOB Boylan, Thomas A. Beyond rhetoric and realism in economics : towards a reformulation of economic methodology / Thomas A. Boylan and Paschal F. O'Gorman. London ; New York : Routledge, 1995. xi, 248 p. ; 23 cm. USD 30.95 Economics as social theory Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index. 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. Economics Methodology. Rhetoric. O'Gorman, Paschal F. (Paschal Francis), 1943- ddc BK 61818 61818 0 0 ddc 0 330_010000000000000_BOB 0 NFIC 103941 DUL DUL GEN 1999-12-09 Purchased 330.01 BOB 387807 2016-05-08 2 2016-05-08 BK 0 0 ddc 0 330_010000000000000_BOB 0 NFIC 103942 DUL DUL GEN 1999-12-09 Purchased 330.01 BOB 387806 2016-05-08 1 2016-05-08 BK