1st Edition

Karl Popper and Situational Analysis Theory and Method for Contemporary Economics and Sociology

238 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

238 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

238 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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‘Situational Analysis’ represents Karl Popper’s methodological proposal for the social sciences. Although it has been widely studied and interpreted, this book argues that Situational Analysis remains underestimated and undeveloped and, if properly reformulated, could yet become a broad methodological framework that encompasses both the ‘historical’ social sciences and a large section of the... Read more

1. Introduction

PART I

2. ‘Situational Analysis’: A reinterpretation

3. ‘Situational Analysis’: A reformulation

4. Popper’s ‘Rationality Principle’

5. Developing ‘Situational Analysis’ (I): Social interaction

6. Developing ‘Situational Analysis’ (II): Expectations and social

Institutions

PART II

7. ‘Modern’ Behavioral Economics

8. Mainstream Macroeconomics

9. Austrian and Post-Keynesian Economics