The Economics of Science : Methodology and Epistemology as if Economics Really Mattered

ISBN-13: 9780415172578 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 266 str.

James R. Wible

Opis

Science can be difficult and costly to conduct. Many aspects are explored from an economic viewpoint and the scientist is often treated as an economically rational individual. This study seeks to create an economics of science. It begins with economic models of misconduct in science and the legitimate practices of science. It moves on to market failure, the market place of ideas, self-correctiveness and the organizational and institutional structures of science and ends with and exploration of broader methodological themes raised by an economics of science.

Recenzje

'The book represents a substantial contribution to the growing literature on the economics of science. The book is highly recommended, and given the growth of literature on the economics of science it is certain to become one of the seminal contributions to the field.' - Review of Social Economy Sep 2000

Spis treści

1 WHY AN ECONOMICS OF SCIENCE? 2 AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF REPLICATION FAILURE 3 AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF FRAUD IN SCIENCE 4 PEIRCE’S ECONOMICS OF RESEARCH PROJECT SELECTION 5 A COST-BENEFIT APPROACH TO RESEARCH PROJECT SELECTION, POPPER’S METHODOLOGY, AND SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS 6 MARKET FAILURE IN THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS: THE CASES OF KARL POPPER AND THE ECONOMICS PROFESSION 7 MARKET FAILURE IN THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS: THE CASE OF FRIEDMAN’S ESSAY

O autorze

James R Wible has been a member of the economics faculty at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire in Durham for more than a decade. His main research interests are economic methodology and the economics of science, the economics and philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce, and macroeconomics and monetary theory.