Philosophico-Methodological Analysis of Prediction and its Role in Economics

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Gonzalez, Wenceslao J. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Theory and Decision Library A:, Rational Choice in Practical Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, 50
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Social sciences.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

This book develops a philosophico-methodological analysis of prediction and its role in economics. Prediction plays a key role in economics in various ways. It can be seen as a basic science, as an applied science, and in the application of this science. First, it is used by economic theory in order...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: The Problem of Scientific Prediction and its Role in Economics
• Part I: The Problem of Prediction as A Test For A Science
• Chapter 1: The Philosophico-Methodological Standpoint: The Issue of Prediction as a Requisite for Science
• Chapter 2: Characterization of Scientific Prediction and its Kinds in Economics
• Part II: The General Orientation in Methodology of Science and The Problem of Prediction As A Scientific Test
• Chapter 3: Falsificationism and the Methodological Levels on Prediction
• Chapter 4: Prediction and Novel Facts in the Methodology of Scientific Research Programs
• Part III: The Methodological Framework of Social Sciences and Economics: Incidence for Prediction as A Test
• Chapter 5: From Erklären-Verstehen to Prediction-Understanding: The Methodological Framework for Prediction in Economics within Social Sciences
• Chapter 6: Methodological Approaches within Economics: The Perspectives on Prediction of Some Nobel Prize Winners
• Chapter 7: The Problem of Prediction in Economics from the Perspective of Action Theory
• Part IV: Epistemology And Methodology Of Economic Prediction: Rationality And Empirical Approaches
• Chapter 8: Rationality in Economics and Scientific Prediction: The Role of Economic Rationality in Prediction
• Chapter 9: Rationality and Prediction in Experimental Economics: An Analysis of Reinhard Selten's Approach
• Part V: Methodological Aspects Of Economic Prediction: From Description to Prescription
• Chapter 10: Methods of Prediction in Economics
• Chapter 11: Evaluation and Limits of Prediction in Economics
• Chapter 12: The Relation between Prediction and Prescription in Economics
• Bibliography
• Index of Names
• Subject Index.