Reflection without Rules : Economic Methodology and Contemporary Science Theory
Editorial Reviews
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' ... a story well-told, highly informative and full of interesting material. Reflections without Rules will remain for many years the main reference for those who want to get acquainted with economic methodology, and a most useful point of entry in this literature.' History of Economic Ideas
'This survey is, indeed, impressive. And certainly the book does have real value as a reference work in which generally clear and reliable summaries of ideas from science studies and from philosophy of economics can be found ... there is an important project being promoted, and it is a project with considerable merit.' John Dupré, University of Exeter
'... wide-ranging, thorough and highly readable stocktaking of different eras and areas of the subject - beginning with the history of the methodology of economics (Mill and Positivism) and the breakdown of the Received View in the philosophy of science (Logical Positivism, Logical Empiricism and Popperian Falsificationism), moving on through Naturalism, the Sociological turn and Pragmatism, and closing with overviews of recent developments in the methodology literature and the Economics of Science ... it is one of the best in the area to have appeared in a long time and one I shall be returning to for many years to come.' Jochen Runde, University of Cambridge
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"Wade Hands [is] the perfect author...he reads everything...he is a master of the critical survey. His treatment is even-handed...Reflection without Rules contains a balanced critical review of the latest developments in economic methodology. [E]very economist interested in methodology...should have this book on his or her shelf." Bruce Caldwell, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Southern Economic Journal
"This fine book is a comprehensive and careful survey of the current situation in the methodology of economics...[the] author wears his impressive erudition gracefully and well. The book is sophisticated and at the same time naive in the best sense. It will fortunately be the standard reference for work in the methodology of economics for some time to come." Isis
"We have not have a Blaug-like representation of methodological discourse, historicized, contextualized. We have not since Blaugh had a reliable volume that our students can use, one book about which we say say, 'read this and you'll know where the field stands'. But now we have that book. Wade Hands has been a major participant in these various debates over the past twenty years, and over that time he has become a leader among his colleagues in the methodology of economics. Hand's Reflection Without Rules is indeed a worthy successor to Blaug's The Methodology of Economics... the absolutely accurate phrase or label from Hand's own treatment should be 'Economic Science Studies (ESS)'. We have a reconfiguring of economic methodology away from the philosophy of science to science studies. Hands lovingly and accurately traces these moves in this volume. Methodology is dead. May ESS prosper."
Reflection without Rules : Economic Methodology and Contemporary Science Theory
Reflection without Rules : Economic Methodology and Contemporary Science Theory,D. Wade Hands,Cambridge University Press,0521797969,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Economic History,Economics,Economics - Theory,Methodology,Science,Business & Economics / Economic History,Economic theory & philosophy,History of science,Philosophy of science,Research methods: general
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