184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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Hahn on Methodology: The Quest for Understanding addresses two fundamental questions: (i) what is distinctive about economic theorising?; (ii) what is the cognitive value of the outcome of this activity of economic theorising, i.e. economic theory. We will argue that for Hahn, economic theorising is distinctive with respect to four dimensions. Firstly, the aim of economic theory is neither to... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Hahn in Context: An Overview 3. Hahn's Hostility to Methodology 4. In defence of Economic Theorising 5. The Core of Neoclassical Economics 6. Economics and Axiomatization 7. Kaldor and Hahn on Equilibrium Economics 8. Economics, Mathematics and Rationality: A New Grammar of Argumentation 9. Economic Theory and Han's Virtues of Understanding
Biography
Thomas A. Boylan is Personal Professor of Economics at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Paschal F. O’Gorman is Personal Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Both Professors have collaborated over the last 20years and have co-written and co-edited a number of books (all with Routledge), and published extensively in an array of international journals.
