Explorations in Economic Methodology: From Lakatos to Empirical Philosophy of Science
ISBN: 9780203029978
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Economics Finance and Accounting; Economic Theory & Philosophy;

Roger Backhouse is a key figure in the field of economic methodology. Explorations in Economic Methodology both clarifies and responds to the issues raised by the literature and argues that methodology is an essential activity. Offering a constructive, but critical, response to the recent literature, this collection provides important new insights for students and researchers in economic methodology and the philosophy of science.

Roger E. Backhouse is Professor of the History and Philosophy of Economics at the University of Birmingham.

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