It is a pleasure to present to our readers this special issue on Issues in the Methodology of Experimental Economics. While there are no headings to delineate them, this issue consists of three sections. The first consists of a target article by Vernon Smith that is based on a talk given by him...

Three principles of dialectical analysis are examined in terms of non-linear dynamics models. The three principles are the transformation of quantity into quality, the interpenetration of opposites, and the negation of the negation. The first two of these especially are interpreted within the...

This paper discusses the debate between those advocating a computational and those advocating a dynamic definition of complexity, and how this relates to issues in econophysics. It then reviews the criticisms that have been raised about ways in which econophysics has been done, noting that many...