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Philosophy of Economics

Proceedings, Munich, July 1981

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Wolfgang Stegmüller

    1. Seminar für Philosophie, Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie, Universität München, München 22, Germany

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  2. Wolfgang Balzer

    1. Seminar für Philosophie, Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie, Universität München, München 22, Germany

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  3. Wolfgang Spohn

    1. Seminar für Philosophie, Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie, Universität München, München 22, Germany

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Part of the book series: Studies in Contemporary Economics (CONTEMPORARY, volume 2)

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About this book

This volume consists of essays from a colloquium about "philosophy of economics" held at the·University of l1unich in July, 1981. They are contributions to an enterprise which in some respects is long-standing and in other respects is new. The long-standing enterprise is to somehow establish decision theory and its kindred disciplines as the basis of economic theory from which its other parts might be shown to follow. The new enterprise is to apply (some of) the latest methods of phi. losophy of science to economic theory. By "philosophy of science" we do not mean h:istory of science and the like; rather we mean a reconstructive proce­ dure which clarifies and deepens the understanding of the science under investigation. By "the latest methods" we refer to the structuralist view which has emerged in the last fifteen years, and which has been success­ fully applied most notably to physical theories. Economics being rather like a stepchild of a reconstructivist philo­ sophy of science, we think much of the interest of this volume to lie just in its attending to the newer enterprise_ We are happy to have brought together at the colloquium some of the few philosophers of scien­ ce working in. this field who share this common goal, and we hope that their essays will stimulate further work. -The contributions to the long-standing enterprise, though perhaps not as urgent, are no less valuable.

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Table of contents (16 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  3. Part 2

    1. The Basic Core of the Marxian Economic Theory

      • Adolfo García de la Sienra
      Pages 118-144

    2. A Structuralist Reconstruction of Marx’s Economics

      • Werner Diederich
      Pages 145-160

    3. ‘Value’: A Problem for the Philosopher of Science

      • Peter F. Gibbins
      Pages 161-168

    4. The Economics of Property Rights — A New Paradigm in Social Science ?

      • Hans G. Nutzinger
      Pages 169-190

  4. Part 3

    1. Subjunctive Conditionals in Decision and Game Theory

      • Reinhard Selten, Ulrike Leopold
      Pages 191-200

    2. The Logical Structure of Bayesian Decision Theory

      • Joseph D. Sneed
      Pages 201-222

    3. Computational Costs and Bounded Rationality

      • Hans W. Gottinger
      Pages 223-238

    4. How to make Sense of Game Theory

      • Wolfgang Spohn
      Pages 239-270

    5. On the Economics of Organization

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 271-279

    6. How to Reconcile Individual Rights with Collective Action

      • Wulf Gaertner, Lorenz Krüger
      Pages 280-304

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 305-306
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Seminar für Philosophie, Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie, Universität München, München 22, Germany

    Wolfgang Stegmüller, Wolfgang Balzer, Wolfgang Spohn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophy of Economics

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings, Munich, July 1981

  • Editors: Wolfgang Stegmüller, Wolfgang Balzer, Wolfgang Spohn

  • Series Title: Studies in Contemporary Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68820-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-11927-2Published: 01 September 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-68820-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-8806

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 309

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Economics, general, Operations Research/Decision Theory

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