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.
Proceedings of a conference held at Erasmus University of Rotterdam, November 14-15, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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