What is science and what can it do? Nancy Cartwright here takes issue with three common images of science: that it amounts to the combination of theory and experiment; that all science is basically reducible to physics; and that science and the natural world which it pictures are deterministic....

The Elgar Companion to Economics and Philosophy aims to demonstrate exactly how these two important areas have always been linked, and to illustrate the key areas of overlap. The contributors are well-known and distinguished authors from a variety of disciplines, who have been invited both to...

Chapter 1. From economics of place to place-based economics -- Chapter 2. The Place of Right Livelihood in Overcoming World Inequity -- Chapter 3. Identity and Authenticity Breaking with our heritage for sustainable regional human development -- Chapter 4. “A place for learning that feels like...

'This book is an ambitious intellectual enterprise to build a naturalistic foundation for economics, with amazingly vast knowledge of physical, biological, social sciences and philosophy. Readers will discover that approaches and insights emergent in institutional studies, (social)-neuroscience,...

1. Ethics of Management -- 2. Ethics of Capitalism -- 3. Ethics of Marxism -- 4. Business ethics and ethical leadership -- 5. Japanese management system -- 6. Scandinavian and Yugoslav management system.

This book, the second of two volumes, is inspired by the famous philosopher of India, Kautilya, author of the first book on economics in the world, Arthashashtra. It analyzes the influence of ethical values from ancient societies on modern systems of management and economics. While this book...

INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Spiritual traditions and practices in Unprecedented Times -- BUDDHISM -- CHAPTER 2: Buddhist Right Mindfulness in Unprecedented times: Implications for Crisis -- CHAPTER 3: Buddhist-enacted practices through a critical lens: Implications for coping...