The Positivist Tradition Matures-the Emergence of Logical Empiricism
p. 19
The Philosophical Attack on Logical Empiricism
p. 36
Contemporary Philosophy of Science-the Growth of Knowledge Tradition
p. 68
Some Essays on Positivism and Economic Methodology
p. 97
Robbins Versus Hutchison-the Introduction of Positivism in Economic Methodology
p. 99
Hutchison Versus Machlup-on Indirect Testing and the Rationality Postulate
p. 139
Friedman's Methodological Instrumentalism
p. 173
Samuelson-operationalism, Descriptivism, and Explanation in Economics
p. 189
Provisional Answers to Some Unsettled Questions
p. 209
Is Philosophy of Science Useful for Understanding Methodology?
p. 211
Prescription, Description, and Theory Appraisal
p. 220
Confirmationism and Falsificationism in Economics
p. 231
A Program for Economic Methodologists-methodological Pluralism
p. 244
Notes for Further Reading-methodology of Economics
p. 256
Bibliography-philosophy of Science
p. 258
Bibliography-methodology of Economics
p. 265
Index
p. 275
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