(Ebook) Critical Economic Methodology a Personal Odyssey 1st edition by Lawrence Boland 0203978951 9780203978955

(Ebook) Critical Economic Methodology a Personal Odyssey 1st edition by Lawrence Boland 0203978951 9780203978955

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Author:  Lawrence Boland 

Lawrence Boland takes issue with both economic methodologists and practicing economists. He argues that there has been too much 'methodology for methodology's sake' and that mainstream economics might benefit by using methodology to take a critical look at economic theory.

Critical Economic Methodology: a Personal Odyssey 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Friedman's methodology essay
1: Economic methodology prior to 1979
THE SAGA OF MY 1979 JEL PAPER
NOTES
2: Criticizing the critiques of Friedman's 1953 essay
THE USEFULNESS OF LOGIC
‘INSTRUMENTALISM’ AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOGIC, TRUTH AND THEORIES
A READER'S GUIDE TO FRIEDMAN'S ESSAY
THE CRITICS
ON CRITICIZING INSTRUMENTALISM
NOTES
3: Criticizing satisficing, empiricism and formalism in methodology
THE SOCIOLOGY OF ECONOMICS VS DEFEATIST CONVENTIONALISM
EVIDENCE OF THE HOSTILE ATMOSPHERE
SATISFICING IN METHODOLOGY
FRIEDMAN'S METHODOLOGY VS CONVENTIONAL EMPIRICISM
‘SOUND METHODOLOGY’ VS ‘LOGICALLY SOUND’ ARGUMENT
POPPER VS CONVENTIONALIST-POPPER
DO INSTITUTIONALIST ECONOMISTS REALLY BELIEVE IN FORMALISM?
NOTES
4: On the methodology of the history of contemporary economic thought
FRIEDMAN'S ALLEGED INCONSISTENCIES IN CORRESPONDENCE
LIMITS TO THE HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT
Part II: Methodological criticism and neoclassical economics
5: Tautology vs testability in economic methodology
6: Criticizing the neoclassical maximization hypothesis is futile
TYPES OF CRITICISM AND THE MAXIMIZATION HYPOTHESIS
THE LOGICAL BASIS FOR CRITICISM
THE IMPORTANCE OF DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN TAUTOLOGIES AND METAPHYSICS
NOTES
7: Appraisal vs criticism in economics
APPRAISAL AS CRITICISM
THE POVERTY OF CONVENTIONALIST METHODOLOGY IN ECONOMICS
NOTES
Part III: Criticizing the methods of economic methodology
8: The theory and practice of economic methodology
KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH STATUS: HISTORICALLY SPEAKING
EPISTEMOLOGY VS METHODOLOGY: THE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE
THE PRACTICE OF ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY
NOTES
9: Criticizing economic positivism
POSITIVE ECONOMICS VS WHAT?
POSITIVISM AS RHETORIC
WHAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO THINK ‘POSITIVE’ IS
MODERN ECONOMIC POSITIVISM IS PROFOUNDLY CONFUSED
POSITIVE SCIENCE OR POSITIVE ENGINEERING?
POSITIVE EVIDENCE ABOUT POSITIVE ECONOMICS
EXPLAINING THE USE OF THE STANDARD ARTICLE FORMAT
POSITIVE SUCCESS OR POSITIVE FAILURE?
NOTES
10: Criticizing philosophy of economics
NOTES
11: Reflections on Blaug's Methodology of Economics
SUGGESTIONS FOR ANOTHER REVISED EDITION
WILL THE REAL POPPER STAND UP, PLEASE!
ON THE UTILITY OF ‘METHODOLOGICAL APPRAISAL’
SOME SUGGESTIONS
NOTES
12: Criticizing ‘pluralism’ and other conventionalist ploys
METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM VS PROBLEM-DEPENDENT METHODOLOGY
DIVERSITY AS NON-COMPREHENSION
FROM IDIOSYNCRATIC TO MAEVSTREAM
NOTES
Part IV: Criticizing the methods of economic analysis
13: Individualism vs rationality in economics
EXPLANATION AS APPLIED ‘RATIONALITY’
INDIVIDUALISM AS A RESEARCH PROGRAM
INDIVIDUALISM AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MECHANICAL RATIONALISM
UNITY THROUGH MECHANICS AND UNIVERSALITY THROUGH UNIQUENESS
METHODOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALISM AND UNITY-VS-DIVERSITY
NOTES
14: Criticizing neoclassical equilibrium explanations
THE ANALYTICAL PROBLEM OF PRICE ADJUSTMENT
AD HOC CLOSURE OF THE ANALYTICAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
TOWARD CLOSURE THROUGH AD HOC IGNORANCE
EXOGENOUS CONVERGENCE WITH FORCED LEARNING
ENDOGENOUS CONVERGENCE WITH AUTONOMOUS LEARNING
ARE THE FOUNDATIONS COMPLETE?
NOTES
15: On criticizing neoclassical dynamics
THE PROBLEM WITH TRADITIONAL EXPLANATIONS OF DYNAMIC PROCESSES
TIME, LOGIC AND TRUE STATEMENTS
TIME AND KNOWLEDGE: THE PROBLEM OF RATIONAL DYNAMICS
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF RATIONAL DYNAMICS
ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF RATIONAL DYNAMICS
CONCLUDING LESSONS
NOTES
16: Criticizing the value-freeness of neoclassical economics
PSYCHOLOGISM IN ECONOMICS: PARETO REVISITED
PSYCHOLOGISM AND VALUES
EXPLANATION AND PSYCHOLOGISM
PSYCHOLOGISM AND GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
PSYCHOLOGISM AND VALUES AGAIN
VALUES AS SOCIAL CONVENTIONS
NOTES
17: Criticizing the mathematics of neoclassical economics
INTEGRATING THE INFINITESIMAL
PROOFS VS INFINITY-BASED ASSUMPTIONS
THE AXIOM OF CHOICE
FALSE HOPES OF SET THEORY
UNREALISTIC DISCONTINUITIES
INTEGERS VS THE EXPLANATION OF PRICES
INFINITE SETS VS COMPLETE EXPLANATION
INDUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND INFINITY-BASED ASSUMPTIONS
LESSONS UNLEARNED
NOTES
18: Criticizing stylized facts and stylized methodology
STYLIZED FACTS IN USE TODAY
CRITICIZING STYLIZED METHODOLOGY
NOTES
Part V: Popper and economic methodology
19: Understanding the Popperian legacy in economics
IS THERE A POPPERIAN LEGACY IN ECONOMICS?
CRITICISM OF POPPER'S VIEW OF SCIENCE
UNDERSTANDING POPPER'S VIEW OF SCIENCE
FALSIFIABILITY IN ECONOMICS
ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A POPPERIAN LEGACY
THE RHETORIC OF POPPER'S VIEW OF SCIENCE
NOTES
20: Scientific thinking without scientific method: two views of Popper
THE POPULAR POPPER
THE SOCRATIC POPPER
POPPER'S SEMINAR AND THE HIJACKER
POPPER'S DISCIPLES VS POPPER AND THE HIJACKER
THE POPULAR POPPER VS THE IMPORTANT POPPER
THE FUTURE OF POPPERIAN ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY
NOTES
Epilogue: Critical comments on the sociology of economic methodology
THE SOCIOLOGY OF JOURNAL REFEREES
THE INTOLERANCE OF LIBERAL-MINDED PLURALISM
THE HYPOCRISY OF SPECIALIZED JOURNALS
THE HYPOCRISY IN MATTERS DEEMED TO BE IDEOLOGICAL
THE FUTURE OF SUBSTANTIVE METHODOLOGY
THE IMPERVIOUSNESS OF NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS

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