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Explaining Technical Change: A Case Study in the Philosophy of Science (Studies in Rationality and Social Change) (Volume 0)

paperback – May 6, 2009
by Elster, Jon
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ISBN-13: 9780521270724 ISBN-10: 0521270723
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Binding
paperback
Published
May 6, 2009
Weight
0.8 lbs
Dimensions
21.60×1.80×14.00 cm

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Explaining Technical Change: A Case Study in the Philosophy of Science (Studies in Rationality and Social Change) (Volume 0) by Elster, Jon. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780521270724.

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 Schumpeters influential theory.