IT IS NO EXAGGERATION to consider expected utility theory the major para-digm in
decision making since the Second World War. It has been used prescriptively in …

'No reality please. We're economists'. There is a wide spread belief that modern economics
is irrelevant to the understanding of the real world. In a controversial and original study, Tony …

This book is an examination of the nature of economic explanation. The opening chapters
introduce current thinking in the philosophy of science and review the literature on …

A classic in its field, this pathbreaking book humanized the scientific rhetoric of economics to
reveal its literary soul. Economics needs to admit that it, like other sciences, works with …

Economic individualism and market-based values dominate today's policymaking and public
management circles—often at the expense of the common good. In his new book, Barry …

This book shows through argument and numerous policy-related examples how
understanding moral philosophy can improve economic analysis, how moral philosophy can …

Contemporary economics is characterized by a mismatch between its methods of analysis
and the nature of the world it seeks to interpret. Despite regular economic crises and …

Philosophy of Social Science provides a tightly argued yet accessible introduction to the
philosophical foundations of the human sciences, including economics, anthropology …

“Philosophy of Economics” consists of inquiries concerning (a) rational choice,(b) the
appraisal of economic outcomes, institutions and processes, and (c) the ontology of …

The work that helped to determine Paul Feyerabend's fame and notoriety, Against Method,
stemmed from Imre Lakatos's challenge:" In 1970 Imre cornered me at a party.'Paul,'he …