Structuralist Theory of Economics

List of contents

1. Introduction. 2. Models and Structures. 3. The Structuralist View of Theories. 4. Idealization and Concretization. 5. Measurement. 6. A General Concept of an Economy. 7. Preference and Utility. 8. The Logical Structure of Game Theory. 9. Abstract Labor and Labor Value. 10. Classical Economics. 11. The Logical Structure of Sraffian Economic Theory. 12. The Logical Structure of Econometrics

About the author

Adolfo García de la Sienra is research fellow at the Instituto de Filosofía, and professor of logic, philosophy, mathematics, and economic theory at the Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico.

Summary

Economists have long grappled with the problem of how economic theories relate to empirical evidence. This book introduces, explains, and develops a structural philosophy of which addresses this issue. Applying the work of Patrick Suppes, Karl Marx and others, it reconstructs some important economic theories using the structuralist approach.

Product details

• Authors: Adolfo García de la Sienra, Adolfo Garcia De La Sienra, Adolfo García de la Sienra
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367663186
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66318-6
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Routledge INEM Advances in Economic Methodology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Philosophy, Economic history, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Economic theory and philosophy