GONZÁLEZ, W. J. (ed), 

Philosophico-Methodological Analysis of Prediction and its Role in Economic

Springer, Dordrecht, 2015.

INTRODUCTION

“The Problem of Scientific Prediction and its Role in Economics.”  

PART I: THE PROBLEM OF PREDICTION AS A TEST FOR A SCIENCE

“The Philosophico-Methodological Standpoint: The Issue of Prediction as a Requisite for Science.”

“Characterization of Scientific Prediction and its Kinds in Economics.”  

PART II: THE GENERAL ORIENTATION IN METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE AND THE PROBLEM OF PREDICTION AS A SCIENTIFIC TEST  

“Falsificationism and the Methodological Levels on Prediction.”

“Prediction and Novel Facts in the Methodology of Scientific Research Programs.”    

PART III: THE METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND ECONOMICS: INCIDENCE FOR PREDICTION AS A TEST

“From Erklären-Verstehen to Prediction-Understading: The Methodological Framework for Prediction in Economics within Social Sciences.”

“Methodological Approaches within Economics: The Perspectives on Prediction of Some Nobel Prize Winners.”

“The Problem of Prediction in Economics from the Perspective of Action Theory.”   

PART IV: EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF ECONOMIC PREDICTION: RATIONALITY AND EMPIRICAL APPROACHES

“Rationality in Economics and Scientific Prediction: The Role of Economic Rationality in Prediction.”

“Rationality and Prediction in Experimental Economics: An Analysis of Reinhard Selten’s Approach.”  

PART V: METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC PREDICTION: FROM DESCRIPTION TO PRESCRIPTION

“Methods of Prediction in Economics.”

“Evaluation and Limits of Prediction in Economics.”

“The Relation between Prediction and Prescription in Economics.”  

Bibliography. 

 

Index of Names.

Subject Index. 

ISBN: 978-3-319-08884-6

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