Explains how the foundations of the philosophy of science have been eroded through the advent of quantum mechanics and through Kuhn's "Structures of Scientific Revolution", and demonstrates its irrelevance to modern social science.
Autorentext
Robert A Solo Emeritus Professor of Economics Michigan State University, East Lansing
Zusammenfassung
The philosophy of science proposes criteria to delineate true science and a theory to explain its progress. As a graduate student under the supervision of Lionel Robbins and Karl Popper, Solo first challenged the viability of those criteria and that theory in relation to economics and the social sciences. Here he explains how the foundations of that philosophy have been eroded through the advent of quantum mechanics and through Kuhn's "Structures of Scientific Revolution", and demonstrates its irrelevance to a social science that would comprehend social reality and contribute to the formation of social policy. He proposes a different mode of perception, and different rules for determining the acceptability of statement, a different language of discourse, and a different structure of organization than presently prevails.
Inhalt
Chapter 1 Confessions; Chapter 2 Popper's Progress; Chapter 3 Popper's Canon, Kuhn's Paradigm and Economics; Chapter 4 Social Science, Policy Science; Chapter 5 The Character of the Discourse; Chapter 6 General Theory: An Empirico-Judgmental Discourse; Chapter 7 The Mathematization of Empirico-Judgmental Discourse; Chapter 8 Normative Theory and Other Components of Political Economy;
Titel
The Philosophy of Science and Economics
Autor
EAN
9781315487434
ISBN
978-1-315-48743-4
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
16.09.2016
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
2.15 MB
Anzahl Seiten
140
Jahr
2016
Untertitel
Englisch
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