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| Preface to Revised Edition | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Twentieth Century Philosophy of Science | p. 9 |
| Logical Positivism | p. 11 |
| The Positivist Tradition Matures-the Emergence of Logical Empiricism | p. 19 |
| The Philosophical Attack on Logical Empiricism | p. 36 |
| Contemporary Philosophy of Science-the Growth of Knowledge Tradition | p. 68 |
| Some Essays on Positivism and Economic Methodology | p. 97 |
| Robbins Versus Hutchison-the Introduction of Positivism in Economic Methodology | p. 99 |
| Hutchison Versus Machlup-on Indirect Testing and the Rationality Postulate | p. 139 |
| Friedman's Methodological Instrumentalism | p. 173 |
| Samuelson-operationalism, Descriptivism, and Explanation in Economics | p. 189 |
| Provisional Answers to Some Unsettled Questions | p. 209 |
| Is Philosophy of Science Useful for Understanding Methodology? | p. 211 |
| Prescription, Description, and Theory Appraisal | p. 220 |
| Confirmationism and Falsificationism in Economics | p. 231 |
| A Program for Economic Methodologists-methodological Pluralism | p. 244 |
| Notes for Further Reading-methodology of Economics | p. 256 |
| Bibliography-philosophy of Science | p. 258 |
| Bibliography-methodology of Economics | p. 265 |
| Index | p. 275 |
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