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Title: The Handbook of Economic Methodology by John Bryan Davis, D. Wade Hands, Uskali Maki, Edward Elgar Pub ISBN: 1-85278-795-3 Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $245.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: The book is a "must have" for economic methodologists and students of the art. It also serves as an excellent overview for those working in related fields such as the philosophies of natural and social sciences.

Not only does it cover a vast array of "classic" and "contemporary" topics on economic methodology, but also includes topics that, arguably, are not strictly "methodological" in nature (which is a Good Thing). Nonetheless, all the entries are good overviews of particular topics in some way relevant to the philosophical study of economic methods. The Handbook also has some entries on luminaries of the field and related fields (although this is by no means comprehensive, and somewhat uneven - e.g. Terrance Hutchinson gets an entry but Fritz Machlup doesn't; Karl Polanyi gets one, but his more methodologically-minded brother Michael doesn't; Otto Neurath gets one, but Carl Hempel doesn't; Paul Feyerabend gets one, but Thomas Kuhn doesn't).

The topic-entries are relatively brief, and usually reflect the presuppositions of the entry-author. This is fine - maybe even desirable - for readers who are already "in" the field, but neophytes should be wary of taking the entries as "definitive statements". (In most cases, the reference list at the end of each entry serves as an implicit corrective however.)

All in all, an excellent, if insanely priced, asset.