Abstract
When I began my economics graduate studies at the University of Illinois in the 1960s, I lived in an apartment in the married graduate student housing. The apartment directly above was occupied by a graduate philosophy student. He particularly did not like my loudly playing music. As a matter of severe revenge for the loud music, he recommended that I take a philosophy seminar from someone named Joseph Agassi. Not realizing that the recommendation was a matter of revenge, I did sign up to the seminar. It was one of the best classes I took in graduate studies.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Blaug, M. 1962/68. Economic theory in retrospect, 2nd edn. Homewood: Irwin.
———. 1980. The methodology of economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Boland, L. 1979. A critique of Friedman’s critics. Journal of Economic Literature 17: 503–522.
———. 1981. On the futility of criticizing the neoclassical maximization hypothesis. American Economic Review 71: 1031–1036.
———. 1982. The foundations of economic method. London: Geo. Allen & Unwin.
———. 1986. Methodology for a new microeconomics: The critical foundations. Boston: Allen & Unwin.
———. 1989. The methodology of economic model building: Methodology after Samuelson. London: Routledge.
———. 1990. Understanding the Popperian legacy in economics. Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology 7: 265–276.
———. 1997. Critical economic methodology: A personal odyssey. London: Routledge.
———. 2003. The foundations of economic methodology: A Popperian perspective. London: Routledge.
———. 2010. Review of Mäki (2009). Philosophy and Economics 26: 376–382.
———. 2014. Model building in economics: Its purposes and limitations. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Brems, H. 1959. Output, employment, capital and growth: A quantitative analysis. New York: Harper.
de Marchi, N. 1988. The Popperian legacy in economics. Papers presented at a symposium in Amsterdam. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.
Hollis, M., and E. Nell. 1975. Rational economic man. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Klant, J.J. 1979. The rules of the game: The logical structure of economic theory (trans: Ina Smart). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Klappholz, K., and J. Agassi. 1959. Methodological prescriptions in economics. Economica 26 (NS): 60–74.
Mäki, U. 2009. The methodology of positive economics: Reflections on the Milton Friedman legacy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Notturno, M. 1994. The myth of the framework: In defense of science and rationality. London: Routledge.
Popper, K. 1934/59. Logic of scientific discovery. New York: Science Editions.
Rosenberg, A. 1976. Microeconomic laws: A philosophical analysis. Pittsburg: University of Pittsburg Press.
Stewart, I. 1979. Reasoning and method in economics. London: McGraw-Hill.
Wong, S. 1973. The ‘F-twist’ and the methodology of Paul Samuelson. American Economic Review 63: 312–325.
———. 1978. The foundations of Paul Samuelson’ revealed preference theory. London: Rouledge and Kegan Paul.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Boland, L.A. (2017). On Being a Popperian Economist. In: Bar-Am, N., Gattei, S. (eds) Encouraging Openness. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, vol 325. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57669-5_34
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57669-5_34
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-57668-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-57669-5
eBook Packages: Religion and PhilosophyPhilosophy and Religion (R0)