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Explaining Technical Change: A Case Study in the Philosophy of Science (Studies in Rationality and Social Change)

By Jon Elster

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1983
ISBN
0521249201, 9780521249201
LCC
HD45 .E364 1983
Open Library ID
OL22090558M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3061601 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
138\138
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Technical change, defined as the manufacture and modification of tools, is generally thought to have played an important role in the evolution of intelligent life on earth, comparable to that of language. In this volume, first published in 1983, Jon Elster approaches the study of technical change from an epistemological perspective. He first sets out the main methods of scientific explanation and then applies those methods to some of the central theories of technical change. In particular, Elster considers neoclassical, evolutionary, and Marxist theories, whilst also devoting a chapter to Joseph Schumpeter's influential theory.

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