Economics for real : Uskali Mäki and the place of truth in economics
Title:
Economics for real : Uskali Mäki and the place of truth in economics
Author:
Lehtinen, Aki.
ISBN:
9780415686549
Publication Information:
London : Routledge, 2012.
Physical Description:
xiii, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series:
Routledge INEM advances in economic methodology ; 14
Routledge INEM advances in economic methodology ; 14.
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Isolating truth in economic models -- 1.Saving truth for economics / Frank Hindriks -- 2.The verisimilitude of economic models / Ilkka Nuniluoto -- 3.Maki's MISS / Daniel M. Hausman -- 4.Maki's three notions of isolation / Till Grune-Yanoff -- 5.Theoretical isolation and the dynamics of dispute: going beyond Maki's de- and re-isolation / Jack Vromen -- pt. II The commonsensical basis of economics -- 6.Are preferences for real? Choice theory, folk psychology, and the hard case for commonsensible realism / Francesco Guala -- 7.Realism, commonsensibles, and economics: the case of contemporary revealed preference theory / D. Wade Hands -- pt. III The proper domain of economics -- 8.Maki's realism and the scope of economics / Don Ross -- 9.Maki on economics imperialism / John B. Davis -- pt. IV Rethinking realism(s) -- 10.Pragmatism, perspectival realism, and econometrics / Kevin D. Hoover --
Contents note continued: 11.Conversation, realism and inference: revisiting the rhetoric vs. realism dispute / Jesus Zamora Bonilla -- 12.How to be critical and realist about economics / Petri Ylikoski.