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Daniel M. Hausman
Daniel M. Hausman
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Rutgers University, New Jersey

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The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics , pp. 527 - 537
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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a posteriori method, 267
abstract general equilibrium, 201
accidental generalizations, 457
Achinstein, P., 456
acquisitiveness, 61–63, 66, 75, 195, 197, 201, 202, 204, 251, 340, 348, 421–423, 435, 436, 438, 443, 446
ad hocness, 203, 204, 323, 335, 348, 354, 366, 383, 384, 397, 399, 422, 438, 445
Akerlof, G., 402–404, 411–414, 417–423
alienation, 2
Allais, M., 223, 344, 346, 348–350
Allais’ paradox, 344–350, 352, 354, 364
Allen, R. G., 63, 277
Alós-Ferrer, C. D., 391, 392
Alvard, M. S., 417
analytic-synthetic distinction, 152, 166, 466, 469
anchoring effect, 356–358, 393
Ando, A., 203
Angrist, J., 361
anthropology, 412, 422, 429, 475, 485
anti-realism, 453
applied theory, 170
appraisal of scientific theories, 467
approximate truth, 298
arbitrage, 401–405
arbitrage argument, 402
archeology, 471
Aristotle, 180
Arrow, K., 25, 36, 92, 109, 115, 160
Arrow’s theorem, 115–116, 160, 174
Ashlagi, I., 114
assumptions, 291, 292
assumptions, realism of, 297, 298, 315, 374
astrology, 304, 410, 433
asymmetric dominance effect, 394
Aumann, R., 83
Austrian school, 276, 480
Ausubel, L., 400
auxiliary assumptions, 242, 288, 308, 309, 342, 399
availability bias, 394
Ayer, A. J., 427
background contrast effect, 393
Backhouse, R., 1
Baker, C., 118, 120
Balzer, W., 164
Barro, R., 224, 225, 227
Battalio, R., 352
Bayes’ Theorem, 257
Bayesian view of confirmation, 256–259, 339, 342, 433
Becker, G., 52, 71, 195, 373, 378, 384
Begg, D., 204
behavioral economics, 13, 31, 106, 194, 198, 203, 206, 368, 369, 406
behaviorism, 283, 285
Bellemare, C., 419
Bentham, J., 32, 98, 108, 268
Berg, J., 382
Bewley, T., 207
Binmore, K., 40
biological rate of interest, 211, 213, 214, 216, 218–220, 227
biology, 200, 474, 475
Blanchard, O., 207
Blaug, M., 1, 10, 15, 92, 190, 290, 298, 302, 317, 318, 324, 325, 335, 379, 440
Bleichrodt, H., 391
Blinder, A., 195, 290
Bliss, C., 93
Blount, S., 416
Boadman, A., 37
Boadway, R., 118
Böhm-Bawerk, E., 208
Boland, L., 78
Bolton, G., 416
Braithewaite, R., 286
Bridgman, P.W., 452
Bromberger, S., 456
Bronfenbrenner, M., 186
Broome, J., 31–32, 34, 109
Brumberg, R., 203
Buck, R., 477
Cairnes, J. E., 199, 261, 287
Caldwell, B., 425
Camerer, C., 416
Card, D., 363
cardinal representation theorem, 46
Carnap, R., 286, 466
Cartwright, N., 1, 15, 155, 176, 234, 238, 240, 242–244, 250, 253, 360, 455, 459, 461
Cass, D., 223, 225
causal asymmetry, 57
causal explanation, 481
causal explanation, Woodward’s theory of, 458
causal relations, 461
causation, 57, 361, 455
and comparative statistics, 84
and macroeconomics, 146
cause, mechanical, 240
ceteris paribus clauses, and demand functions, 65
ceteris paribus clauses, 237–239, 241, 244–252, 260, 262–264, 271, 272, 275, 278, 280, 283, 336, 338
ceteris paribus clauses, and laws, 245
ceteris paribus clauses, and mechanical phenomena, 252–255
ceteris paribus clauses, meaning of, 245
ceteris paribus clauses, trivialization of, 264
ceteris paribus laws, 244–252, 335
chemistry, 200, 474, 475
Choi, D., 290
choice, notion of, 23
choice, objects of, 24
choice, rational, 109, 205
Chu, R., 399
Chu, Y., 399
Coase, R., 113, 118
Coats, A., 186
cognitive science, 448, 484
Colander, D., 425
Coleman, J., 118, 205
Collingwood, R., 455
comparative statics, 84–87, 193
comparative statistics, and causation, 84
comparative statistics, causal structure of, 85
compatibility hypothesis, 399
completeness, 27, 28, 34, 46, 168, 343, 352, 353, 436, 442
computer science, 471
conceptual analysis, 432
confirmation, 140, 470
confirmation, Bayesian view. See Bayesian view of confirmation
constant returns to scale, 76, 88, 129, 340
consumer choice theory, 59–63, 84, 87, 198, 435, 443
context of justification versus context of discovery, 463
continuity, 28, 46, 168, 436, 442
conventionalist theory, 305
Copernicus, N., 453
correspondence rules, 162
corroboration, 315, 322, 333
cost–benefit analysis, 118, 119
counterfactuals, 243
Cox, J., 384, 385
Cyert, R., 386
Davidson, D., 445, 480
Davis, J., 1
de Marchi, N., 190, 260
Debreu, G., 28, 92, 95, 126, 153, 200, 425
decision theory. See rational choice theory
deduction, versus induction, 267
deductive method, 262, 265–273, 286, 301, 335, 337, 339, 341, 342, 352, 374, 379, 442, 463
deductive method, Mill’s versus economist’s, 363–367
deductive method, objections to, 275, 335–336
deGroot, M., 373, 378, 384
DellaVigna, S., 420
demand function, derivation of individuals’, 71
demand function, individual, 64
demarcation, 303–306, 309, 323, 470–474
democratic sovereignty, 106
Descartes, R., 188, 448
descriptions, 461
Dewey, J., 453, 482
Diamond, P., 207, 223
Diamond model, 222
Dickens, W., 423
Diesing, P., 481
Dillard, D., 186
diminishing marginal rates of substitution, 62–63, 340, 436, 443, 446
diminishing marginal utility, 62–63, 75, 108, 279, 325
diminishing returns, 75, 260, 340
disciplinary matrices, 184–186, 191, 462
disequilibria, 401–405
dogmatism, 11, 310, 336, 341, 342, 365, 369, 370, 374, 378–380, 409, 410, 438, 439, 442
Dolan, E., 275, 276, 480
Dreyer, J., 453
Duhem, P., 448, 469
Duhem-Quine Problem, 469
Dutch-book, 48
Earman, J., 238, 246, 247
economic growth, 127–129
economic growth, theories of, 127
economic methodology, 5
economic realm, 196, 197, 199
economic welfare, 98
economics, 432
economics, as a separate science, 200, 201, 204–206, 319, 366–368, 387, 393, 395, 407, 409, 411, 421, 422, 437–439, 445, 446
economics, mainstream, 2, 4, 19, 154, 172, 185, 196, 200, 207, 228, 302, 319, 324, 325, 376, 395, 398, 407, 408, 422, 433–435, 437, 438, 483
economics, neoclassical. See economics, mainstream
economies, 20
Edgeworth, F., 63, 84
Edwards, W., 393
Eells, E., 345
Einstein, A., 304, 452
Ellsberg, D., 343
Elster, J., 34, 60, 109, 406, 445, 474
empirical adequacy, 457
empiricism, 36, 260, 288, 328, 451, 464, 484
endowment effect, 356, 359, 394
engineering, 326, 475
Englmeier, F., 420
epistemology, 433, 434
and methodology, 428
naturalized, 429
unavoidable, 432
Epstein, S., 384, 385
equilibrium, 84, 87
equilibrium explanations, 403
equilibrium theory, 2, 4, 7–9, 11, 12, 19, 55, 81, 88–95, 111, 115, 116, 122, 124, 125, 132, 134, 153, 154, 183, 185, 186, 189, 192, 193, 198, 201–203, 205, 206, 223, 226, 227, 229–231, 234, 235, 245, 250, 254, 257, 271, 273–275, 288, 289, 319, 324, 330, 337–344, 347–349, 367–369, 375, 380, 383, 387, 393, 395–399, 401–405, 408–411, 421, 435–439, 441, 442, 444–446, 467
equilibrium theory, and disciplinary matrices, 187
equilibrium theory, and macroeconomics, 125, 126
equilibrium theory, and models, 183
equilibrium theory, and real business-cycle theory, 133
equilibrium theory, and the Solow growth model, 129
Esteban, J., 223
Etzioni, A., 413
exact consumption-loan model, 207–215, 221, 227, 284, 408
exact-consumption loan model, objections to, 221
excusability, 264, 274
exemplars, 186
expected utility theory, 44–50, 354
expected utility theory, as a theory of rationality, 48
experimental economics. See behavioral economics
explanation, and causal relevance, 458
explanation, the deductive-nomological model of, 455–459
externalities, 112, 113
Fair, R., 195
Falk, A., 418
falsifiability, 304, 306–309, 440
falsifiability, conventional, 313
falsifiability, logical, 306–309, 318
falsifiability versus verifiability, 306
falsification versus verification, 313
falsificationism, 309–319
Fama, E., 76
Fankhauser, S., 120
Fehr, K., 356, 416–419
Feyerabend, P., 428
Fisher, I., 155
Fodor, J.A., 237, 238, 249
folk psychology, 398, 405, 445, 478, 480
folk theory of welfare, 105
formal logic, 451
foundationalism, 328, 331
Fox, J., 186
framing, 356
framing effect, 30, 357
Frank, R., 483
Fraser, L., 278
free market, 213
free will, 476
Frege, G., 451
Freud, S., 304
Friedman, B., 359
Friedman, M., 10, 50, 121, 142, 144, 179, 192, 203, 282, 285, 290, 291, 294–299, 315, 320, 328, 336, 341, 366, 374, 380, 381, 395, 410, 434, 439, 440, 453, 454, 463
Friedman, Mi., 398, 432, 451
Frigg, R., 158
future Tuesday indifference, 35
Gale, D., 223
Galileo, G., 59, 180, 182, 267, 268, 308, 448
game-theoretic equilibrium, 415
Geanakoplos, J., 207, 226, 227
Gellner, E., 479
gender wage gap, 401, 404
general equilibrium, competitive, 111
general equilibrium, Pareto efficient, 111
general equilibrium model, 224
general equilibrium models, varieties of, 90
general equilibrium theory, 81, 90, 367, 437
general equilibrium theory, abstract, 92–95
general equilibrium theory, and existence proofs, 93
general equilibrium theory, versus microeconomics, 92
general equilibrium theory, versus partial equilibrium theory, 89
Gentry, J., 390
German Historical School, 368, See Historical School
Gibbard, A., 156, 176, 239
Giere, R., 166, 168, 171, 181
Giffen goods, 71
gift exchange, 411–420
Glaister, S., 119
Glymour, C., 238, 464
Gneezy, U., 418, 420
goals of science, 291, 310
Godfrey-Smith, P., 173
Goette, L., 419
Goodfield, J., 453
Gorovitz, S., 455
Green, J., 20
Green, J. R., 27–30, 39, 52, 74
Green, L., 352
Grether, D., 373–383
gross national product, 146
Grünbaum, A., 303, 311
Guala, F., 51, 416
Gul, F., 37, 355
Guth, W., 416
Hahn, F., 92, 225
Hamminga, B., 164
Händler, E., 164
Hands, D. W., 1, 204, 317
Hansen, L., 292
hard core, 188, 202
hard core, of neo-Walrasian research program, 191
hard core, of pre-Keynesian neoclassical economics, 190
hard core, of the theory of the firm, 190
Hardie, J., 360, 455
Harsanyi, J., 45, 46, 109, 115
Hart, H., 455
Hartmann, S., 155
Hayek, F. A., 204, 279
Hempel, C. G., 182, 455, 456
Henderson, J., 38
Herschel, W., 448
Herstein, I., 46
heuristic, positive, 189
heuristics, 188, 197, 329
heuristics, negative, 188, 435
heuristics, of mainstream economics, 189
heuristics, positive, 421, 435
Hick, J., 91
Hicks, J., 117, 135, 158
Hicks, J. R., 63, 277
Hirsch, F., 117
historical school, 277, 292
history, 432, 471
Holt, C., 383, 386
Homans, G., 411–415
Honoré, T., 455
Houtthakker, H., 36
Huber, J., 394
Hull, D., 424
human development index, 123
Hume, D., 306, 307, 328, 329, 332, 448, 450, 451, 454–456, 461, 464, 465, 476
Hume, problem of induction, 306, 328, 465
Hutchison, T., 10, 238, 277–282, 285, 286, 288, 290, 299, 302, 317, 335, 336, 379, 395
Hyman, H., 413
hypothetico-deductive method, 256, 258, 342, 364
hypothetico-deductive method, versus deductive method, 272
idealization, 242–244
identities versus equilibrium conditions, 147
identities, versus causal laws, 147–149
identities, versus equilibrium conditions, 152, 149–152
ideological influences, 483
impossibility of interpersonal utility comparisons, 109
independence principle, 45, 46, 48, 50, 51, 345–347, 352, 383, 384, 390, 407, 409
indifference, 31–32
induction, 266, 306
induction, problem of. See Hume, problem of induction
induction, versus deduction, 267
inductive logic, 466
inductive methods, 256
inexact, deductive method, 269
inexact generalizations, 461
inexact generalizations, of economics, 462
inexact laws, 260, 264, 279, 335, 347, 363, 468
inexact truth, 198
inexactness, 235–242, 266, 301, 438, 441, 461
inexactness, of economic generalizations, 302
inflation, 139
input–output models, 90, 91, 127, 437
institutionalists, 368
instrumentalism, 170, 287, 292–294, 310, 453
instrumentalism, and the predicate view of models, 171
intervention, 459
investment equals savings curve, 136
investment-saving and liquid preference-money supply (IS-LM) model, 135–139
investment-saving and liquidity preference-model (IS-LM) model, 91
investment-savings and monetary-policy (IS-MP) model, 135–139, 158, 476
isolation, 436
Jensen, M., 76
Jensen, N., 46
Johnson, E., 391
Kadane, J., 354
Kagel, J., 352
Kahneman, D., 53, 123, 353, 357–359, 387, 393, 394, 399, 400, 407, 409, 410
Kaldor, N., 117
Kant, I., 448, 450
Kaplan, M., 354
Karni, E., 382, 383, 386
Katz, J.J., 466
Kaufmann, F., 278
Kehoe, T., 207
Kelly, K., 464
Keynes, J. M., 131, 132, 135, 136, 138, 140, 204, 226, 399
Keynes, J.N., 238, 261, 330
Keynesian models, 91
Kim, B., 391, 392
Kincaid, H., 263
Kitcher, P., 184, 398
Klamer, A., 425
Klant, J., 317
Klappholz, K., 481
Klein, L., 91
Klein, U., 155
Knetsch, J., 358, 359, 394, 400, 409, 410
Knight, F., 261, 281, 349, 467, 480
Koopmans, T., 10, 93, 290, 299–301, 335, 380, 381
Koskela, E., 297
Krajewski, W., 243
Kremer, M., 43
Kreuger, A., 123, 363
Krugman, P., 20, 139
Kube, S., 420
Kuenne, R., 208
Kuhn, T., 9, 184–188, 190, 191, 194, 197, 453, 462
Kuipers, R., 243
Kunin, L., 186
laissez-faire policy, 111, 121, 217
Lakatos, I., 9, 10, 13, 15, 184, 188–191, 194, 197, 202, 204, 215, 277, 302, 303, 320–330, 332–334, 347, 350, 365, 379, 421, 427, 435, 440, 462, 471
Lange, M., 238, 249
Langley, P., 464
Latsis, S., 189, 190, 205, 324
Laudan, L., 184, 471
law, 456
law of demand, 58
lawlike statements, 64
lawlikeness, 263, 266, 271
laws, 64, 72, 74, 76, 88, 115, 181, 201, 234, 240, 255, 260, 262, 265, 272, 290, 297, 337–339, 347, 349, 369, 436, 438, 443, 456, 461, 478, 481
laws, fundamental, 200
laws, of consumer choice theory, 59–63, 67
laws, of economics, 244, 266, 270
laws, of equilibrium theory, 271, 274, 369
laws, of expected utility theory, 344
laws, of theory of the firm, 74, 75
laws, psychological, 422
Layard, R., 119
Le Grand, J., 110
Leider, S., 420
Leijonhufvud, A., 190
Lerner, A., 215, 219, 220, 225
Lester, R., 3, 15, 285, 286, 288, 290–294
Levi, I., 15, 254, 303, 311, 329, 344, 346, 352–355, 376, 386, 466
Levine, D., 207
Levison, A., 303
Levy, D., 478
Lichtenstein, S., 370–373, 375–382, 385, 386, 388, 392, 394
Lieberson, J., 303, 317
List, J., 418, 420
literary criticism, 432
logic of discovery, 464
logical empiricism, 289, 450
logical falsifiability, 330
logical positivism, 159, 178, 277, 278, 286, 290, 300, 302, 448, 450–452, 454, 464, 466, 484, See also logical empiricism
Long, J., 133
Loomes, G., 386, 407
loss aversion, 356, 357, 359, 386
lottery, 44–46
Lucas, R., 134, 143–145, 342
Luce, R.D., 44
Lukes, S., 204
Mach, E., 448, 450, 451
Machina, M., 352, 353, 386, 390, 407, 409
Machlup, F., 10, 166, 179, 284–290, 299, 395, 398, 410, 454, 462, 472, 480
MacIntyre, A., 479
Mackay, A., 109, 160
Mackie, J.L., 455
macroeconomics, 367, 478
mainstream economics, and methodological individualism, 204
Mäki, U., 1, 156, 157, 175–177, 243, 289, 299, 302, 431
Malinvaud, E., 66, 67, 93, 223
Mankiw, G., 20, 475
Mantel, R., 95, 126, 153, 200
March, J., 386
Maréchal, M., 420
marginal cost, 78, 79
marginal productivity, 78
marginal utility. See diminishing marginal utility
market demand, 64
market demand function, 64
market supply, 80
Marschak, J., 166, 373, 378, 384
Marshall, A., 78
Marx, K., 2, 155, 483
Mas-Colell, A., 20, 27, 28, 30, 39, 52, 74, 191
Masterman, M., 184
Mauss, M., 412, 413
maximization, 401, 422
Mayo, E., 413
McCallum, B., 225
McClennen, E., 36, 352, 407
McCloskey, D., 11, 15, 16, 156, 175, 331, 401, 426–433, 483
McKenzie, R., 191
mechanical phenomena, 253
mechanisms, 461
Meckling, W., 76, 215–219, 224, 225
Melitz, J., 276
Mendelian population genetics, 200
Merton, R., 413
metaphysical and heuristic commitments, 185
method a priori. See deductive method
the method of direct experience. See a posteriori method
methodology, a priori, 428, 429
methodology, as normative, 427, 473
methodology, conceptualist. See methodology, a priori
methods of induction, 266
microeconomics, 367, 398, 422
microfoundations of macroeconomics, 145
Mill, J. S., 3, 4, 10, 11, 14, 95, 98, 99, 108, 130–132, 135, 156, 180, 195–197, 199, 201, 229, 231–240, 243, 246, 249, 253–256, 259–261, 265–273, 275, 276, 279, 286, 287, 300, 302, 303, 313, 330, 335–339, 341–343, 348, 352, 355, 363, 364, 366, 367, 379, 396, 438, 442, 448, 463, 464, 476
Miller, R., 430, 434, 469
Milnor, J., 46
Mirowski, P., 285
Mishan, E., 118
Mitchall, S.D., 238
Mittoni, L., 416
model descriptions, versus models, 167
models, and empirical investigations, 182
models, and representation, 173
models, and resemblance, 177
models, and truth, 175
models, as a fictitious world, 212
models, general equilibrium, 192
models, macroeconomic, 192
models, of rationality, 33–36, 168
models, partial equilibrium, 192
models, semantic, 160
models, versus theories, 437
models, versus theories according to the predicate view of theories, 169
Modigliani, F., 203
monetary policy curve, 136
money, as a store of wealth, 214
money, fiat, 214, 217, 222, 224, 408
money illusion, 286, 289
money-pump, 34, 382
Mongin, P., 285
Morgan, M., 1, 156, 157, 162, 166, 173, 175–177, 179
Morgenbesser, S., 184, 251, 254, 474, 475
Morgenstern, O., 46
Morrison, M., 156, 176
Mowen, J., 390
Muth, J., 330
Nagel, E., 286, 450
natural laws, comparison with economic “laws,”88
Neale, M., 393
Netzer, N., 419
Neurath, O., 316, 466
Neurath’s ship, 316, 466
neuroeconomics, 356
Newton, I., 59, 71, 165, 170, 171, 188, 189, 237, 303, 304, 311, 448, 459
Newtonian dynamics, 200
Nickles, T., 464
Nisbett, R., 313
Nooteboom, B., 271
normal science, 187, 197
normative theory, 24
Northcraft, G., 393
Nowak, L., 243
objectivity, 2, 3, 476
Offen, A., 413, 414
Ohlin, B., 190
Okun, A., 117
Okuno, I., 223
Olson, M., 203
ordinal utility theory, 26
paleontology, 474, 480
Papandreou, A., 161
paradigms, 184–186
Pareto, V., 63, 110
Pareto efficiency, 110, 117, 160, 213–216, 219, 222, 444
Pareto optimality, and welfare economics, 110–112
Parfit, D., 35
partial equilibrium theory, 81
paternalism, 103
perfect competition, 67
Pesandorfer, W., 37, 355
Phillips curve, 140–145, 203
philology, 471
philosophy of science, 434, 448, 473
physics, 200, 429, 462, 471, 474, 475
Pietroski, P., 238, 242, 264
Piimies, J., 243
Pinto Prades, J., 391
Plosser, C., 133
Plott, C., 373–383
Poincaré, H., 448
Polemarchakis, H., 226, 227
political economy, 269
Pommerehne, W., 382
Popper, K., 10, 13, 14, 182, 184, 187, 188, 205, 277, 278, 298, 302–318, 320–322, 324–330, 332–334, 338, 427, 440, 448, 450, 463, 470, 471, 477
positive versus normative, 24
Posner, R., 118
potential Pareto improvement, 117–119
Prandtl, L., 155
predicate models, versus semantic models, 166
predicate view of theories, 164–166
predicate view of theories, and economics, 170
preference, 23–33, 53
preference, and self interest, 53–55
preference, and well-being, 102–105
preference, axioms, 26–28
preference, objects of, 24
preference reversal, and procedure invariance, 387–391
preference reversals, 370–379, 383, 384, 394, 399, 407, 409
Prescott, E., 259
prisoner’s dilemma, 218, 415
probabilistic laws. See statistical laws
probability, interpretations of, 236
procedure invariance, 374
profit maximization, 76, 88, 195, 201, 340
Programa de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (PROGRESA), 360
psychology, 422
Ptolemy, 453
Puppe, C., 420
Putnam, H., 145, 152, 303, 467
Puto, C., 394
Quandt, R., 38
Quine, W. V. O., 152, 166, 429, 466, 467, 469
Quine-Duhem problem, 365
Rabin, M., 416, 419
Rachlin, H., 352
Raiffa, H., 44
Railton, P., 472
Ramsey, F., 47, 129
Ramsey model of economic growth, 130
rational choice theory, 23–36, 72, 191, 377
Ratneshwar, S., 394
real business cycle theory, 132–135, 140, 204, 224, 381
realism, 296, 298, 300, 310, 453
realism, and the predicate view of models, 170
recessions, possibility of, 131
reduction postulate, 45, 46, 48, 49, 383, 384, 409
reference points, 358
refinability, 264
reflexivity, 28, 46
Reichenbach, H., 463
Reilly, R., 382
Reiss, J., 1, 192, 243, 244, 255
relativism, 473
reliability, 263, 326–328, 338, 431, 468
representation, 172
representation, and models, 173
Rescher, N., 233, 264
research programs, 188, 191, 197, 462
restricted theory. See applied theory
Reutlinger, A., 238
the revelation theorem, 38
revealed preference theory, 32, 36–43, 282, 284
revealed preference theory, objections to, 39–43
Rey, G., 238, 242, 264
Reynolds, E., 356
Ricardo, D., 259, 260
Richter, M., 36
risk versus uncertainty, 44
Rizvi, S., 95
Robbins, L., 3, 4, 75, 109, 195, 197, 255, 261, 275, 277, 299, 300, 303, 324, 330, 339, 467
Roberts, J., 238, 247
Rodrik, D., 156, 171, 175
Roemer, D., 20
Roemer, J., 109
Romer, C., 482
Romer, D., 135, 152, 222
Rorty, 6
Rosenberg, A., 92, 410, 433, 476, 479
Roth, A., 114, 406
Rothbard, M., 467
Rubinstein, A., 43
Runciman, W., 480
Russell, B., 451, 454
Russell, T., 399, 401
sad little five hundred-dollar-bill theorem, 401
Safra, Z., 383, 386
Salant, Y., 43
Salmon, W., 303, 457
Samuelson, P., 9, 10, 36, 37, 76, 118, 207–228, 270, 277, 281–286, 288, 290, 298, 335, 395, 408, 424, 444, 453, 460
Sargent, T., 225
satisficing, 478
Savage, L., 50, 345
Scheffler, I., 184
Schervisch, M., 354
Schick, J., 34
Schiffer, S., 238, 249
Schkade, D., 391
Schmidt, K., 416
Schmultzer, A., 419
Schumpeter, J., 239
Schurz, G., 238
scientific creationism, 471
scientific method, 429
Segal, U., 383, 386
Seidenfeld, T., 354
Seidl, C., 393, 394
self-fulfilling prophesies, 477
semantic model, 160
semantic models, and economics, 162
semantic view of theories, 163, 461
Sen, A., 36, 37, 39, 53, 116, 122
Senior, N., 260, 287, 330
Sensat, J., 204, 478
sense perception, 451
Shafer, W., 94
Shapere, D., 184
Shearer, B., 419
Shell, K., 223, 225
Shiller, R., 145
Sidgwick, H., 98, 108
Simon, H., 35, 368, 386, 405, 407, 477, 478
Simonson, I., 393
simplified Keynesian Theory. See investment-savings and monetary-policy (IS-MP) model
skepticism, 473
Skinner, B.F., 453
Slovic, P., 346, 370–373, 375–382, 385–389, 392, 393, 399
Smith, A., 82, 93, 110, 111, 123
Smith, S., 238
Sneed, J., 164, 166
Sober, E., 403
social science, 434, 440, 447, 475–481
social security, 219
sociology, 412, 422, 432
sociology, of science, 448
Solow, R., 128, 481
Solow growth model, 128, 222
Sonnenschein, H., 94, 126, 153, 200
sophisticated methodological falsificationism, 320–323
Spohn, W., 164, 238
Stalnaker, R., 245
Stanfield, R., 186
Starmer, C., 386
statistical laws, 252
Stegmueller, W., 164, 166
Stewart, I. M. W., 276
Stigler, G., 52, 121, 426
Stouffer, S., 412
Suarez, M., 176
subjective probabilities, 47
Sugden, R., 106, 123, 157, 162, 173, 175, 177, 346, 386, 407
Sunstein, C., 423
Suppe, F., 163, 184, 289
Suppes, P., 164, 166
supply and demand explanations, 84–87
supply and demand explanations, as casual, 87
supply function, 77
supply function, derivation of, 80
sure-thing principle, 46, 50
symbolic generalizations, 185, 186
symbolic generalizations, versus hard cores, 188
syntactic view of theories, 159–162, 461
syntactic view of theories, objections to, 162
synthetic statements, 451
Tabarrok, A., 107
Tamil Nadu Integrated Nutrition Project, 360
tendencies, 239–242, 260, 262–264, 269, 273, 279, 280, 461, 468
tendencies, statements of, 245
tendencies, versus ceteris paribus clauses, 242
test system, 308, 314, 316, 321, 329
testing in economics, 303
Thagard, P., 313
Thaler, R., 123, 358, 359, 389, 390, 394, 399–401, 410, 416, 423
the theorem of the second best, 111
theoretical hypotheses, versus models, 165
theories, 436, 461
theories, semantic view of. See semantic view of theories
theories, syntactic view of. See syntactic view of theories
theories, versus models, 154
theory appraisal, 140
theory of consumer choice, 435
theory of the firm, 84, 87, 198, 226, 285, 366, 435
theory of the firm, laws of, 74–76
Thoma, J., 25, 43
Thurow, L., 3
Titmuss, R., 412, 413
Tobin, J., 225
Toonder, J., 310
touchstone theories, 320
Toulmin, S., 453
tradeoff contrast effect, 393
transitivity, 27, 28, 31–32, 34, 46, 168, 242, 374, 383, 387, 390, 407, 436, 442
transitivity, money-pump argument for, 34
truth, 430, 431, 457
Tvede, M., 207
Tversky, A., 344, 346, 353, 357, 374, 384, 387–390, 392–394, 399, 407, 409
Tyszka, T., 394
ultimatum game, 416, 417
utilitarianism, 98, 108, 115
utilitarianism, and cost-benefit analysis, 119
utilitarianism, and welfare economics, 108
utility functions, 28–30
utility functions, ordinal, 28–30
utility maximization, 32–33
utility theory, 23–36, 195, 202, 405, 422, 434, 436, 442, 445, 478
utility theory, as a model of rationality, 33–36, 352, 381
utility theory, as a theory of rationality, 443, 444
utility theory, axioms of, 26–28, 370
utility theory, ordinal, 28–30, 383, 386, 436, 443
value-free science, 482
values, in science, 186
van Fraassen, B., 163, 453, 456, 457
Varian, H., 28, 30, 156, 176, 239, 475
Veblen, T., 292
verification, 270, 300
verification, conventional, 313
verisimilitude, 322, 324, 326, 327, 330, 333
Vienna Circle, 466
Vining, A., 106
von Mises, L., 261, 339, 467
von Neumann, J., 46
von Winterfeldt, D., 393
Wallace, N., 224–227, 408
Walras, L., 84, 90
Walras’ law, 95, 131, 138
warm glow, 420
Watkins, J., 204, 276, 314
weak axiom of revealed preference, 36, 283
weak-link principle, 337, 344
Weaver, F., 186
Weber, M., 180, 398, 480
Wedell, D., 394
Weil, P., 207, 213
Weimer, D., 106
Weintraub, E., 191, 215, 324
welfare economics, 97, 215, 219
well-being, and feelings, 123
well-being, philosophical theories of, 97
well-being, versus welfare, 97
Wells, R., 20
West, J., 310
Whalley, J., 91
Whewell, W., 266, 448
Whinston, M. D., 20, 27, 28, 30, 39, 52, 74
White, M., 466
Williams, M., 329
Williamson, O., 76
Winch, P., 479
Woodward, J., 15, 232, 238, 249, 250, 251, 458, 461
Worland, S., 186
Yaari, M., 223
Yellen, J., 414
Zehnder, C., 419
Zilcha, I., 223

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