On the nature and roles of formalism in economics: Reply to Hodgson

Ontology and Economics: Tony Lawson and His Critics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 189-231

  Lawson, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203888773     Document Type: Chapter

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