Methodology of Economics and Other Social Sciences (Economic Theory, Econometrics, and Mathematical Economics Series)

Methodology of Economics and Other Social Sciences covers the problems in the methodological aspects of economics and other social science disciplines. This book is organized into seven parts encompassing 26 chapters. The first parts review the nature and significance of methodology of economics, along with the models and theories in the field. The succeeding parts deal with the verification problems, operational concepts, and interpretation of reality in economics. Other parts explore the methodological aspects of other social sciences. The last parts discuss some aspects and applications of economic methodologies. This book will be of value to economists, social scientists, and researchers. Content: ECONOMIC THEORY, ECONOMETRICS, AND MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS, Page ii Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv PREFACE, Pages ix-xii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, Pages xiii-xiv INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE, Pages 3-4 Chapter 1 - WHAT IS MEANT BY METHODOLOGY: A SELECTIVE SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE, Pages 5-62 Chapter 2 - WHY BOTHER WITH METHODOLOGY?, Pages 63-70 INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO, Pages 73-74 Chapter 3 - A NOTE ON MODELS IN MICROECONOMICS, Pages 75-99 Chapter 4 - FACT AND THEORY IN ECONOMICS, Pages 101-130 INTRODUCTION TO PART THREE, Pages 133-135 Chapter 5 - THE PROBLEM OF VERIFICATION IN ECONOMICS, Pages 137-157 Chapter 6 - OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS AND MENTAL CONSTRUCTS IN MODEL AND THEORY FORMATION, Pages 159-188 Chapter 7 - OPERATIONALISM AND PURE THEORY IN ECONOMICS, Pages 189-203 INTRODUCTION TO PART FOUR, Pages 207-209 Chapter 8 - THE IDEAL TYPE: A BAD NAME FOR A GOOD CONSTRUCT, Pages 211-221 Chapter 9 - IDEAL TYPES, REALITY, AND CONSTRUCTION, Pages 223-265 Chapter 10 - HOMO OECONOMICUS AND HIS CLASS MATES, Pages 267-281 Chapter 11 - THE UNIVERSAL BOGEY: ECONOMIC MAN, Pages 283-301 INTRODUCTION TO PART FIVE, Pages 305-307 Chapter 12 - IF MATTER COULD TALK, Pages 309-332 Chapter 13 - THE INFERIORITY COMPLEX OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, Pages 333-344 Chapter 14 - ARE THE SOCIAL SCIENCES REALLY INFERIOR?, Pages 345-367 INTRODUCTION TO PART SIX, Pages 371-374 Chapter 15 - WHY ECONOMISTS DISAGREE, Pages 375-389 Chapter 16 - THEORIES OF THE FIRM: MARGINALIST, BEHAVIORAL, MANAGERIAL, Pages 391-423 Chapter 17 - POSITIVE AND NORMATIVE ECONOMICS, Pages 425-450 INTRODUCTION TO PART SEVEN, Pages 453-460 Chapter 18 - JOSEPH SCHUMPETER'S ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY, Pages 461-474 Chapter 19 - GUNNAR MYRDAL ON CONCEALED VALUE JUDGMENTS, Pages 475-480 Chapter 20 - PAUL SAMUELSON ON THEORY AND REALISM, Pages 481-484 Chapter 21 - THREE WRITERS ON SOCIAL THEORY: MADGE, ROSE, AND ZETTERBERG, Pages 485-488 Chapter 22 - JOHN NEVILLE KEYNES' SCOPE AND METHOD, Pages 489-492 Chapter 23 - TERENCE HUTCHISON'S RELUCTANT ULTRA-EMPIRICISM, Pages 493-503 Chapter 24 - ADOLF LOWE'S INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS, Pages 505-511 Chapter 25 - FRIEDRICH HAYEK ON SCIENTIFIC AND SCIENTISTIC ATTITUDES, Pages 513-519 Chapter 26 - SPIRO LATSIS ON SITUATIONAL DETERMINISM, Pages 521-534 INDEX, Pages 535-567 Monograph comprising a compilation of the author's papers on methodology, with particular reference to economic theory and social theory - following a literature survey on historical approaches to the concept of methodology in context with logic, philosophy and research methods, covers economics and economic modelling, compares natural science and social sciences, and comments on the writings of various eminent economists and sociologists. Bibliographys Signed At The End: Thomas Lurting. Pp33-46 Contain, 'a True Account Of George Pattison's Being Taken By The Turks; And How Redeemed, .. Putting The Turks On Shoar In Their Own Country, .. '. With A Final Leaf Of Advertisements.