Popper and Economic Methodology

Taylor & Francis

Popper and Economic MethodologyContemporary Challenges\nAuthor(s): Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415323390, 978-0415323390\nSynopsis\nThis new book, under the impressive editorship of Thomas Boylan and Paschal O'Gorman, explores a number of major themes central to the work of Karl Popper.\n\nThe tensions that have resulted from Popperian thought are well documented. How can mainstream orthodox economics be falsifiable while privileging its core of rationality as unquestionable? This book includes expert contributions from thinkers such as Tony Lawson, K. Vela Velupillai and John McCall, who discuss this issue with renewed academic rigour.