Economic Theories and Their Relational Structures: A Model-Theoretic Characterization

By Erwin Klein

An examination of the foundations of contemporary theoretical economics. Applying concepts from model theory - formal semantics - and standard tools in foundations research the author aims three targets, namely, a characterization of the notion 'empirical economic theory', the determination of the epistemological and methodological status of an important class of 'non-empirical' theories in economics, and the proposal of a taxonomy of economic theories based upon intended epistemological status and the descriptive or operative function of a theory.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333687922
• ISBN13: 9780333687925
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"