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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics

Edited by Don Ross, Harold Kincaid

Abstract

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics is a reference work on philosophical issues in the practice of economics. It is motivated by the view that there is more to economics than general equilibrium theory, and that the philosophy of economics should reflect the diversity of activities and topics that currently occupy economists. Contributions in the book are thus closely tied to on-going theoretical and empirical concerns in economics. Contributors include both philosophers of science and economists. Articles fall into three general categories: received views in philosophy of economics, on-going controversies in microeconomics, and issues in modeling, macroeconomics, and development. Specific topics include methodology, game theory, experimental economics, behavioral economics, neuroeconomics, computational economics, data mining, interpersonal comparisons of utility, measurement of welfare and well-being, growth theory and development, and microfoundations of macroeconomics.

Keywords: general equilibrium theory, philosophers of science, microeconomics, modeling, macroeconomics, methodology, game theory, experimental economics, behavioral economics, neuroeconomics, computational economics, data mining, utility, welfare and well-being, growth theory, development, microfoundations

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2009
ISBN:
9780195189254
Published to Oxford Handbooks Online:
Sep 2009
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195189254.001.0001

Editors

Don Ross, editor
Don Ross is Professor of Economics and Dean of Commerce at the University of Cape Town, and a research fellow in the Center for Economic Analysis of Risk at Georgia State University. His main areas of research include the experimental economics of nonstandard consumption patterns, the philosophical foundations of economics and game theory, naturalistic philosophy of science, and trade and industry policy in Africa. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Economic Theory and Cognitive Science: Microexplanation (The MIT Press, 2005) and Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized (Oxford University Press, 2007, with James Ladyman). He is coeditor (with Harold Kincaid) of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics (Oxford University Press, 2009).

Harold Kincaid, editor
Harold Kincaid is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has written multiple books and numerous articles on issues in the philosophy of the social sciences.


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