02854cam a2200349 a 4500 2344973 BD-DhUL 20160508144117.0 030203s2002 enka b 101 0 eng d 2003447102 GBA2-Y9801 0521811171 052100957X paperback 2344973 UKM eng UKM CUS SYB DLC DLC StDuBDS BD-DhUL HB72 .F32 2002 330.015195 21 FAC Fact and fiction in economics : models, realism and social construction / edited by Uskali Maki. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvi, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Proceedings of a conference held at Erasmus University of Rotterdam, November 14-15, 1997. Includes bibliographical references and index. I. Introduction: -- Dismal queen of the social sciences / Uskali Maki -- II. Setting the scene: -- Ugly currents in modern economics / Mark Blaug -- Modern economics and its critics / Partha Dasgupta -- Some nonreasons for nonrealism about economics / Uskali Maki -- III. Economic models and economic reality: -- Credible worlds: the status of theoretical models in economics / Robert Sugden -- Limits of causal order, from economics to physics / Nancy Cartwright -- Econometrics and reality / Kevin D. Hoover -- Models, stories, and the economic world / Mary S. Morgan -- Economic models and reality: the role of informal scientific methods / Roger E. Backhouse -- Truthlikeness and economic theories / Ilkka Niiniluoto -- IV. The constitution of economic reality: -- Rational choice, functional selection, and "empty black boxes" / Philip Pettit -- Reality of common cultures / Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap -- Collective acceptance and collective attitudes: on the social construction of social reality / Raimo Tuomela, Wolfgang Balzer -- Hayek and cultural evolution / Bruce Caldwell -- Putting evidence in its place: John Mill's early struggles with "facts in the concrete" / Neil De Marchi -- V. The institutions of economics: -- You shouldn't want a realism if you have a rhetoric / Deirdre N. McCloskey -- More things change, the more they stay the same: social realism in contemporary science studies / D. Wade Hands -- Economists: truth-seekers or rent-seekers? / Jesus P. Zamora Bonilla Economics Philosophy. Economics Methodology. Maki, Uskali. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam032/2003447102.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam034/2003447102.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam032/2003447102.html ddc BK ANL YY 330.01 F142 61844 61844 0 0 ddc 0 330_015195000000000_FAC 0 NFIC 103990 DUL DUL GEN 2010-12-19 Purchased 330.015195 FAC 454876 2016-05-08 1 2016-05-08 BK 0 0 ddc 0 330_015195000000000_FAC 0 NFIC 103992 DUL DUL GEN 2010-12-19 Purchased 330.015195 FAC 459933 2016-05-08 2 2016-05-08 BK