02918nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10070388 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 030203s2002 enka sb 101 0 eng d 2003447102 GBA2-Y9801 0521811171 052100957X (pbk.) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)559314381 HB72 .F32 2002eb 330.01 21 Fact and fiction in economics [electronic resource] : models, realism and social construction / edited by Uskali M�aki. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvi, 384 p. : ill. 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 M�aki -- 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 M�aki -- 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? / Jes�us P. Zamora Bonilla Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Economics Philosophy. Economics Methodology. Electronic books. local M�aki, Uskali. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10070388 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 31254 31254