Considers two main strands of literature. The first deals with the tension between the falsificationist view of how economic know-ledge could or should be acquired, and the view that economics is a separate, deductive science. The second concerns the metaphors used in economic analysis, the main...

Considers two main strands of literature. The first deals with the tension between the falsificationist view of how economic know‐ledge could or should be acquired, and the view that economics is a separate, deductive science. The second concerns the metaphors used in economic analysis, the...

Addresses the theory of capital and interest of Eucken. Explains how Eucken works out the temporal aspects of the economic process in different monetary systems, market structures and economic systems. The theory is critically evaluated. Eucken made essential contributions to the theory of...

Addresses the theory of capital and interest of Eucken. Explains how Eucken works out the temporal aspects of the economic process in different monetary systems, market structures and economic systems. The theory is critically evaluated. Eucken made essential contributions to the theory of...

In this article, the author offers a discussion of the evidential role of the Galilean constant in the history of physics. The author argues that measurable constants help theories constrain data. Theories are engines for research, and this helps explain why the Duhem-Quine thesis does not...

This paper is about the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago, between 1947 and 1982. The paper has the form of a conversation between the two authors and covers issues such as the existence of a “Chicago School,” the Department’s governance, the personalities of some...

This book covers the development of Economics in Japan from the inter-war period to the 2000s focusing on the international theoretical contributions of Japanese economists. The first focal point is the international contributions of Japanese economists before and after World War II. The second...