An Essay on Economic Theory

At last, and finally, here is the first accurate and beautiful translation of Richard Cantillon's 1755 masterpiece on economics. This treatise is widely credited with being the first to describe the market process as one driven by entrepreneurship. William Stanley Jevons, in the first blush of disco

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Philosophy of Chemistry: Between the Manifest and the Scientific Image (Louvain Philosophical Studies)

This book addresses themes in the newly emerging discipline of philosophy of chemistry, in particular issues in connection with discussions in general philosophy of science on natural kinds, reduction and ceteris paribus laws. The philosophical issue addressed in all chapters is the relation betwe

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Rethinking Media Economics (Rethinking Economics series)

Rethinking Media Economics emphasizes how this field of study is affected by rapid changes in the media industry due to technology, regulation, globalization, and consumer preferences. Alan B. Albarran takes the reader through major economic events from the 1950s onwards to highlight how technology

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Organizational Imperative

The most respected theorists of counterinsurgency agree about prescriptive principles for the organization of counterinsurgency campaigns. Insurgencies and counterinsurgency campaigns are each unique (sui generis), yet the theorists help provide common principles (ceteris paribus). The theorists sta

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Natural Laws in Scientific Practice

It is often presumed that the laws of nature have special significance for scientific reasoning. But the laws' distinctive roles have proven notoriously difficult to identify--leading some philosophers to question if they hold such roles at all. This study offers original accounts of the roles that

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Explanation Beyond Causation: Philosophical Perspectives on Non-Causal Explanations

Explanations are important to us in many contexts: in science, mathematics, philosophy, and also in everyday and juridical contexts. But what is an explanation? In the philosophical study of explanation, there is long-standing, influential tradition that links explanation intimately to causation: we

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An Essay on Economic Theory (Large Print Edition): An English translation of the author's Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général

LARGE PRINT EDITION! More at LargePrintLiberty.com At last, and finally, here is the first accurate and beautiful translation of Richard Cantillon's 1755 masterpiece on economics. This treatise is widely credited with being the first to describe the market process as one driven by entrepreneurship.

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Against the Philosophical Tide: Essays in Popperian Critical Rationalism

This is a collection of nineteen essays in the tradition of critical rationalism (as advocated by Karl Popper). All but one of the essays is previously unpublished and the one previously published paper has undergone significant revisions. The first four essays tackle topics in the philosophy of sci

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The Laws of Belief: Ranking Theory and Its Philosophical Applications

Wolfgang Spohn presents the first full account of the dynamic laws of belief, by means of ranking theory. This book is his long-awaited presentation of ranking theory and its ramifications. He motivates and introduces the basic notion of a ranking function, which recognises degrees of belief and at

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