The economic world view : studies in the ontology of economics

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked, blind-tooled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvi, 400 pages, 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents: Economic ontology : what? why? how? / Uskali M�ki -- The empirical presuppositions of metaphysical explanations in economics / Harold Kincaid -- Quality and quantity in economics : the metaphysical construction of the economic realm / Scott Meikle -- The normative core of rational choice theory / Russell Hardin -- The virtual reality of homo economicus / Philip Pettit -- Expressive rationality : is self-worth just another kind of preference? / Shaun Hargraves Heap -- Agent identity in economics / John B. Davis -- Chances and choices : notes on probability and belief in economic theory / Jochen Runde -- Essences and markets / John O'Neill -- The metaphysics of microeconomics / Alex Rosenberg -- Ontological commitments of evolutionary economics / Jack Vromen -- Is macroeconomics for real? / Kevin D. Hoover -- The possibility of economic objectivity / Don Ross and Fred Bennett -- Ceteris paribus laws and socio-economic machines / Nancy Cartwright -- Tendencies, laws, and the composition of economic causes / Daniel M. Hausman -- Economics without mechanism / John Dupr� -- Sargent's symmetry saga : ontological versus technical constraints / Esther-Mirjam Sent -- Two models of idealization in economics / Alan Nelson -- The way the world works (www) : towards an ontology of theory choice / Uskali M�ki.Subjects: Economics Philosophy; Economics Methodology; Macroeconomics; Ontology.