The Economic World View
Studies in the Ontology of Economics
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- Editor: Uskali Mäki, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- Date Published: July 2001
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- isbn: 9780521000208
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Does economic man exist? Do aggregates exist? Do markets have an essence? How are economic phenomena caused? Do economists believe in the theories they use? These essays seek to unearth the "ontological underworld" that shapes the criteria economists use in making choices among theories to understand economic behavior. These criteria include fundamental, unarticulated ideas regarding the basic constitutents and structure of social reality, that is, about human beings and the social arrangement of their lives. This important collection will be of great value to economists and philosophers of social sciences.
Read more- Brings economists and philosophers together
- The first contemporary collection devoted to the focused study of the ontology or metaphysics of economics
- Asks penetrating questions about the fundamental beliefs of economists
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"The publication of this new book on the philosophy of economics is reason to celebrate, and the editor deserves praise for this accomplishment. It is the mature outcome of years of reflection on the subject.... This is one of the best books that I have read on philosophy of economics...it is necessary for anyone who wants to know the current state of this exciting field of research." Markets and Morality
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- Date Published: July 2001
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521000208
- length: 420 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 154 x 28 mm
- weight: 0.652kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. The What, Why, and How of Economic Ontology:
1. Economic ontology: What? Why? How? Uskali Mäki
2. The empirical presuppositions of metaphysical explanations Harold Kincaid
3. Quality and quantity in economics: the metaphysical construction of the economic realm
Part II. Rationality and Homo Economicus:
4. The normatic core of rational choice Russel Hardin
5. The virtual reality of homo economicus Philip Pettit
6. Expressive rationality: is self worth just another kind of preference? Shaun Hargreaves
7. Agent identity in economics John Davis
8. Chances and choices: notes on probability and beliefs in economic theory Jochen Runde
Part III. Micro, Macro, and Markets:
9. Essences and markets John O'Neill
10. The metaphysics of microeconomics Alex Rosenberg
11. Ontological commitments of evolutionary economics Jack Vronen
12. Is macroeconomics for real? Kevin D. Hoover
13. The possibility of economic objectivity Don Ross and Fred Bennet
Part IV. The World of Economic Causes:
14. Ceteris paribus laws and socio-economic machines Nancy Cartwright
15. Tendencies, laws, and the composition of economic causes
16. Economics without mechanism John Dupre
Part V. Methodological Implications of Economic Ontology:
17. Sargent's symmetry saga: ontological versus technical constraints
18. Two models of idealization in economics Alan Nelson
19. The way the world works (www): towards an ontology of theory choice Uskali Mäki.
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