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This work addresses philosophy in economics and the conduct of inquiry into economics ("What do economists do, and what is economics about?"). It opens with a discussion of the work of McCloskey and rhetorical approaches to understanding economics, going on to ask, "Is economics a science?".

Table of Contents
Economic methodology; economics and predictive empiricism; economics and scientific laws; is economics a galilean science? economic models (I); economic models (II); explanation in economics.

Models and Reality in Economics

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      Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
      Published 28 April 1998
      ISBN-13 9781858985756
      978-1858985756
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      Economic theory and philosophy

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      Book Synopsis
      This work addresses philosophy in economics and the conduct of inquiry into economics ("What do economists do, and what is economics about?"). It opens with a discussion of the work of McCloskey and rhetorical approaches to understanding economics, going on to ask, "Is economics a science?".

      Table of Contents
      Economic methodology; economics and predictive empiricism; economics and scientific laws; is economics a galilean science? economic models (I); economic models (II); explanation in economics.

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