Economic Methodology And Freedom To Choose (Routledge Revivals)
Patrick O'Sullivan
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paperback. Professor O'Sullivan's work provides an in-depth philosophical examination of the foundations of method in economics and other human sciences. The argument is unabashedly dialectical in the great Socratic-Platonic tradition, and this reissue is useful for all students of methodology. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HP; KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 449.
First published in 1987, Professor O'Sullivan's work provides an in depth philosophical examination of the foundations of method in Economics and other human sciences. The argument is unabashedly dialectical in the great Socratic-Platonic tradition, and the reissue will be very welcome to all students of methodology, in particular those students of economic methodology seeking a refreshing alternative to yet more mathematical game playing.
In an age dominated and perhaps to an extent perplexed by an ultimately non-committal postmodernism the book provides a root and branch critique of the epistemological relativism which must lie at the root of the whole post-modernist approach; ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Series
Routledge Revivals
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415665056
SKU
V9780415665056
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About Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan is Professor of Business Ethics and Head of Department of People Organisations and Society at the Grenoble Ecole de Management in France. He is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic and Public Policy Research at the University of Cambridge and is an occasional visiting professor at Göthe Business School Frankfurt University and at Warsaw University. ... Read more
Reviews for Economic Methodology And Freedom To Choose (Routledge Revivals)
'O'Sullivan's thought-provoking work is a significant addition to the rapidly expanding literature on economic methodology.'- R.S. Hewett, Drake University, CHOICE