Fact and fiction in economics  models, realism and social construction /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Uskali Mäki. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2002. 
 - xvi, 384 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Proceedings of a conference held at Erasmus University of Rotterdam, November 14-15, 1997. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Dismal queen of the social sciences /  Ugly currents in modern economics /  Modern economics and its critics /  Some nonreasons for nonrealism about economics /  Credible worlds: the status of theoretical models in economics /  Limits of causal order, from economics to physics /  Econometrics and reality /  Models, stories, and the economic world /  Truthlikeness and economic theories /  Rational choice, functional selection, and "empty black boxes" /  Reality of common cultures /  Collective acceptance and collective attitudes: on the social construction of social reality /  Hayek and cultural evolution /  Putting evidence in its place: John Mill's early struggles with "facts in the concrete" /  You shouldn't want a realism if you have a rhetoric /  More things change, the more they stay the same: social realism in contemporary science studies /  Economists: truth-seekers or rent-seekers? /  Uskali Mäki --  Mark Blaug --  Partha Dasgupta --  Uskali Mäki --  Robert Sugden --  Nancy Cartwright --  Kevin D. Hoover --  Mary S. Morgan -- Economic models and reality: the role of informal scientific methods /  Roger E. Backhouse --  Ilkka Niiniluoto --  Philip Pettit --  Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap --  Raimo Tuomela, Wolfgang Balzer --  Bruce Caldwell --  Neil De Marchi --  Deirdre N. McCloskey --  D. Wade Hands --  Jesús P. Zamora Bonilla  I. Introduction: --  II. Setting the scene: --  III. Economic models and economic reality: --  IV. The constitution of economic reality: --  V. The institutions of economics: -- 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA2-Y9801 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economics--Philosophy.<br/>Economics--Methodology.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB72  / .F32 2002eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.01