The Organization of Inquiry

In this book, Tullock focuses attention on the organisation of science, raising important questions about scientific inquiry and specifically about the problems of science as a social system. Tullock poses such questions as: how do scientists engage in apparently co-operative contributions in the absence of hierarchic organisation and why are scientific contributions worthy, for the most part, of the public's trust? Throughout "The Organization of Inquiry", Tullock answers these questions and many more through a pioneering exploration of the interrelationship between economics and the philosophy of science, much of which had defied then-conventional wisdom. Anyone interested in scientific endeavour will find the combination of Tullock's powerful logic, his sharp forensic skills, and his barbed wit elucidating and helpful.

List of contents

Introduction by Charles K. Rowley; The Social Organisation of Science; Why Inquire?; The Subject and Methods of Inquiry; Data Collection; The Problem of Induction; Verification and Dissemination; The Backwardness of the Social Sciences; Practical Suggestions; Index.

About the author

Charles Rowley is Duncan Black Professor of Economics and a Senior Fellow of the James M Buchanan Centre for Political Economy at George Mason University. He is also General Director of the Locke Institute.

Product details

• Authors: Charles K Rowley, Charles K Rowley, Charles K. Rowley, Gordon Tullock
• Assisted by: Charles K. Rowley (Editor)
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2004
• EAN: 9780865975330
• ISBN: 978-0-86597-533-0
• No. of pages: 466
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Series: Selected Works of Gordon Tullock; Selected Works of Gordon Tullock; Selected Works of Gordon Tullo
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics