The idea of history in constructing economics

Michael H. Turk

1. The fault line of axiomatization : Walras' linkage of physics with economics -- 2. The mathematical turn in economics : Walras, the French mathematicians, and the road not take -- 3. The arrow of time in economics : from Robinson's critique to the new historical ecnomics -- 4. Of puzzles and problems : a methodological challenge in economics from a philosophical dispute -- 5. Economics pursuing the mold of evolutionary biology : "accident" and "necessity" in the quest to make economics scientific -- 6. Economics as plausible conjecture -- 7. Max Weber and the lost thread of historical economics -- 8. Historical proof in economics -- 9. The fraught relation between economics and economic history : matters of measurement and method -- 10. Toward a positive construction of historical economics.

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Turk, Michael H.
Publisher:	London : Routledge,
Subject:	Bauwirtschaft \| Construction industry \| Ökonomische Ideengeschichte \| History of economic thought \| Theorie \| Theory \| Wirtschaftsgeschichte \| Economic history \| Wirtschaftswissenschaften \| Geschichtswissenschaft \| Wirtschaftsgeschichte <Fach>

Extent:	1 online resource (viii, 242 pages)
Series:	Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 175
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
ISBN:	978-1-315-75036-1 ; 978-1-317-61191-2 ; 978-1-317-61192-9 ; 978-1-138-80889-8
Other identifiers:	10.4324/9781315750361 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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