Realistic Realism about Unrealistic Models

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mäki, Uskali ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic models; Economics; Philosophy; Realism; Unrealistic models

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EID: 58949103915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195189254.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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