Explaining Technical Change

Klappentext In this volume, Jon Elster approaches the study of technical change from an epistemological perspective. Zusammenfassung Technical change! defined as the manufacture and modification of tools! is generally thought to have played an important role in the evolution of intelligent life on earth! comparable to that of language. In this volume! first published in 1983! Jon Elster approaches the study of technical change from an epistemological perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; General introduction; Part I. Modes of Scientific Explanation: 1. Causal explanation; 2. Functional explanation; 3. Intentional explanation; Part II. Theories of Technical Change: 4. Neoclassical theories; 5. Schumpeter's theory; 6. Evolutionary theories; 7. Marxist theories; Appendices; Notes; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Jon Elster
• Assisted by: Jon Elster (Editor), Gudmund Hernes (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521270724
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27072-4
• Series: Cambridge Monographs and Texts
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics