TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ma̘ki,Uskali
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Fact and fiction in economics: models, realism and social construction 
AV  - HB72 .F32 2002eb
U1  - 330.01 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Economics
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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 Mäki --; 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 Mäki --; 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?; Jesús P. Zamora Bonilla; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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