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Explaining technical change : a case study in the philosophy of science / Jon Elster.
Record no.:
5501
Author:
Elster, Jon, 1940-;
Publisher:
Oslo :: Universitetsforlaget,
Year:
1983.
Series:
Studies in rationality and social change
Description:
272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:
Technological innovations.;
Science;
Notes:
Gift ; Nagle Library MacLeod Collection copy donated by Emeritus Professor Roy MacLeod.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269) and index.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
0521249201 9780521249201 0521270723 9780521270724 8200063348 9788200063346 8200064549 9788200064541;
Abstract:
Machine derived contents note: Preface; General introduction; Part I. Modes of Scientific Explanation: 1. Causal explanation; 2. Functional explanation; 3. Intentional explanation; Part II. Theories of Technical Change: 4. Neoclassical theories; 5. Schumpeter's
theory; 6. Evolutionary theories; 7. Marxist theories; Appendices; Notes; References; Index.
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