Reflexivity, complexity, and the nature of social science

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 330-342

  Beinhocker, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complex adaptive systems; economics; evolutionary epistemology; model dependent realism; philosophy of social science; reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892777455     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350178X.2013.859403     Document Type: Article

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