Economic Theories and Their Relational Structures: A Model-Theoretic Characterization (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333687925)

An examination of the foundations of contemporary theoretical economics. Applying concepts from model theory - formal semantics - and standard tools in foundations research the author aims three targets, namely, a characterization of the notion 'empirical economic theory', the determination of the epistemological and methodological status of an important class of 'non-empirical' theories in economics, and the proposal of a taxonomy of economic theories based upon intended epistemological status and the descriptive or operative function of a theory.

Author: E. Klein
ISBN-10: 0333687922
ISBN-13: 9780333687925
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/19/1998
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d