Umfang:
228 Seiten
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Ausgabe:
First published
ISBN:
9780367465902
Serie:
Routledge studies in the philosophy of science [22]
Inhalt:
"This book is the first systematic treatment of the philosophy of science underlying evolutionary economics. It does not advocate an evolutionary approach towards economics, but rather assesses the epistemic value of appealing to evolutionary biology in economics more generally. The author divides work in evolutionary economics into three distinct, albeit related, forms: a structural form, an evidential form, and a heuristic form. He then analyzes five examples of work in evolutionary economics falling under these three forms. For the structural form, he examines the parallelism between natural selection and economic decision making, and the parallelism between natural selection and market competition. For the evidential form, he looks at the relationship between animal and human economic decision making, and the evolutionary explanation of diversity in human economic decision making. Finally, for the heuristic form, he focuses on the plausibility of equilibrium modeling in evolutionary ecology and economics. In this way, he shows that linking evolutionary biology and economics can make for a powerful methodological tool that can enable progress in our understanding of various economics questions. Structure, Evidence, and Heuristic will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, evolutionary biology, and economics."
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781003030249
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Schulz, Armin W Structure, evidence, and heuristic New York : Routledge, 2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Wissenschaftsphilosophie
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Evolutionsbiologie
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Entwicklungstheorie
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Analytische Wissenschaftstheorie
