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Reflecting on beyond positivism at thirty-five

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Caldwell, B
January 1, 2018

In 1982 my book Beyond Positivism: Economic Methodology in the Twentieth Century was published. At the 2017 History of Economics Society meeting, a session was held to mark the 35th anniversary of that event. Papers by Wade Hands, Kevin Hoover, Tony Lawson, and the trio Peter Boettke, Solomon Stein, and Virgil Storr were prepared. In this paper, I respond by reflecting on how I came to write Beyond Positivism and on the state of the field of economic methodology at the time, and then commenting briefly on each of the papers noted above.

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January 1, 2018

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36A

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81 / 90

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 3803 Economic theory
  • 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
  • 1401 Economic Theory
 

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Caldwell, B. (2018). Reflecting on beyond positivism at thirty-five. In Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology (Vol. 36A, pp. 81–90). https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-41542018000036A006
Caldwell, B. “Reflecting on beyond positivism at thirty-five.” In Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 36A:81–90, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-41542018000036A006.
Caldwell B. Reflecting on beyond positivism at thirty-five. In: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. 2018. p. 81–90.
Caldwell, B. “Reflecting on beyond positivism at thirty-five.” Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, vol. 36A, 2018, pp. 81–90. Scopus, doi:10.1108/S0743-41542018000036A006.
Caldwell B. Reflecting on beyond positivism at thirty-five. Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. 2018. p. 81–90.

DOI

Publication Date

January 1, 2018

Volume

36A

Start / End Page

81 / 90

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 3803 Economic theory
  • 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
  • 1401 Economic Theory