In The Methodology of Economic Model Building, first published in 1989, Lawrence Boland presents the results of a research project that spanned more than twenty years. He examines how economists have applied the philosophy of Karl Popper, relating methodological debates about falsifiability to wider discussions about the truth status of models in natural and social sciences. He concludes that model building in economics reflects more the methodological prescriptions of the economist Paul Samuelson than Popper’s ‘falsificationism’. This title will prove invaluable to both students and researchers, and represents a substantial contribution to current debates about the scientific status of economics.
In The Methodology of Economic Model Building, first published in 1989, Lawrence Boland presents the results of a research project that spanned more than twenty years. He examines how economists have applied the philosophy of Karl Popper, relating methodological debates about falsifiability to wider discussions about the truth status of models in natural and social sciences. He concludes that model building in economics reflects more the methodological prescriptions of the economist Paul Samuelson than Popper’s ‘falsificationism’. This title will prove invaluable to both students and researchers, and represents a substantial contribution to current debates about the scientific status of economics.

The Methodology of Economic Model Building (Routledge Revivals): Methodology after Samuelson
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The Methodology of Economic Model Building (Routledge Revivals): Methodology after Samuelson
208Paperback
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781138776319 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 09/29/2015 |
Series: | Routledge Revivals |
Pages: | 208 |
Product dimensions: | 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |