Ontology and economics : Tony Lawson and his critics
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Ontology and economics : Tony Lawson and his critics
（Routledge advances in heterodox economics / edited by Frederic S. Lee, 1）
Routledge, 2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780415476133
Description
Tony Lawson has become a major figure of intellectual controversy on the back of juxtaposing two relatively simple and seemingly innocuous ideas. He has argued firstly that success in science depends on finding and using methods, including modes of reasoning, appropriate to the nature of the phenomena being studied, and also that there are important differences between the nature of the objects of study of natural sciences and those of social science. This original book brings together some of the world's leading critics of economics orthodoxy to debate Lawson's contribution to the economics literature. The debate centres on ontology, which means enquiry into the nature of what exists, and in this collection scholars such as Bruce Caldwell, John B. Davis and Geoffrey M. Hodgson present their thoughtful criticisms of Lawson's work. Lawson himself presents his reactions to these criticisms, with full chapter replies to each of the scholars included.
This book is particularly useful for students and researchers concerned primarily with methodology and future development of economics. It is also relevant to the concerns of philosophers of science and to all social scientists interested in methodological issues.
Table of Contents
Foreword (Tony Lawson) Introduction: Lawson's Reorientation (Edward Fullbrook) 1. Some comments on Lawson's Reorienting Economics: same facts, different conclusions (Bruce Caldwell) 2. History, causal explanation and "basic economic reasoning": reply to Caldwell (Tony Lawson) 3. Critical Realism in Economics (Bjorn-Ivar Davidsen) 4. Underlabouring for substantive theorizing: reply to Davidsen (Tony Lawson) 5. The Nature of Heterodox Economics (John B. Davis) 6. Heterodox Economics and Pluralism: reply to Davis (Tony Lawson) 7. Reorienting Economics Through Triangulation of Methods (Paul Downward and Andrew Mearman) 8. Triangulation and social research: reply to Downward and Mearman (Tony Lawson) 9. Irrelevance and Ideology (Bernard Guerrien) 10. The mainstream orientation and ideology: reply to Guerrien (Tony Lawson) 11. On the problem of formalism in economics (Geoffrey M. Hodgson) 12. On the nature and rules of formalism in economics: reply to Hodgson (Tony Lawson) 13. Finding a critical pragmatism in Reorienting Economics (Bruce R. McFarling) 14. Ontology or epistemology?: reply to McFarling (Tony Lawson) 15. (Un)Real Criticism (David Ruccio) 16. Ontology and postmodernism: reply to Ruccio (Tony Lawson) 17. Feminism and Realism (Irene van Staveren) 18. Feminism, Realism and Essentialism: reply to van Staveren (Tony Lawson) 19. Conjectural revisionary ontology (Jack Vromen) 20. Provisionally grounded critical ontology: reply to Vromen (Tony Lawson)
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: pbk ISBN 9780415546492
Description
This original book brings together some of the world's leading critics of economics orthodoxy to debate Lawson's contribution to the economics literature. The debate centres on ontology, which means enquiry into the nature of what exists, and in this collection scholars such as Bruce Caldwell, John Davis and Geoffrey Hodgson present their thoughtful criticisms of Lawson's work while Lawson himself presents his reactions. Of course many social scientists disagree with him, but Lawson's arguments are so powerful that few economists now feel that his case can be ignored. Bringing Lawson head-to-head with eleven of his most capable critics, this is a book of intellectual drama. More than that, it is a collection of fine minds interacting with each other and being changed by the process.
This book is particularly useful for students and researchers concerned primarily with methodology and future development of economics. It is also relevant to the concerns of philosophers of science and to all social scientists interested in methodological issues.
Table of Contents
Introduction (Edward Fullbrook) Foreword (Tony Lawson) 1. Some Comments on Lawson's Reorienting Economics: Same Facts, Different Conclusions (Bruce Caldwell) 2. Critical Realism in Economics (Bjorn-Ivar Davidsen) 3. The Nature of Heterodox Economics (John B. Davis) 4. Reorienting Economics Through Triangulation of Methods (Paul Downward and Andrew Mearman) 5. Irrelevance and Ideology (Bernard Guerrien) 6. On The Problem of Formalism In Economics (Geoffrey M. Hodgson) 7. Finding a Critical Pragmatism in Reorienting Economics (Bruce R. McFarling) 8. (Un)Real Criticism (David Ruccio) 9. Feminism and Realism (Irene van Staveren) 10. Conjectural Revisionary Ontology (Jack Vromen)
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