The Appeal of Mainstream Economics

Sheila Dow

Chapter 6 in Foundations for New Economic Thinking, 2012, pp 83-104 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Part of our knowledge we obtain direct; and part by argument. The Theory of Probability is concerned with that part which we obtain by argument, and it treats of the different degrees in which the results so obtained are conclusive or inconclusive.

Keywords: Classical Logic; Cognitive Dissonance; Rational Belief; Economic Thinking; Mainstream Economic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137000729_6

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