The Organization of Inquiry (The Selected Works of Gordon Tullock)

Tullock, Gordon

ISBN 10: 0865975337 / ISBN 13: 9780865975330

Editore: Liberty Fund, 2004

Vol. 3 only. Pbk. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Codice articolo 1781114

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<p><strong><em>The Organization of Inquiry,</em></strong> the third volume in Liberty Fund’s <em>The Selected Works of Gordon Tullock,</em> was originally published by Duke University Press in 1966. This is a treatise by one of the most stalwart practitioners of the scientific method in political economy—Gordon Tullock. Charles K. Rowley, Duncan Black Professor of Economics at George Mason University, writes in his introduction to this book, “From a purely technical perspective, this book stands out as his [Tullock’s] best-written single authored work. The book sets out his own views on scientific method—views that he would faithfully reflect in all of his subsequent scholarship.”</p> <p>In this book, Tullock focuses attention on the organization of science, raising important questions about scientific inquiry and specifically about the problems of science as a social system. Tullock poses such questions as how do scientists engage in apparently cooperative contributions in the absence of hierarchic organization and why are scientific contributions worthy, for the most part, of the public’s trust? Throughout <em>The Organization of Inquiry,</em> he sets out to answer these questions and many more through a pioneering exploration of the interrelationship between economics and the philosophy of science, much of which defied then conventional wisdom.</p> <p>Anyone interested in any scientific endeavor will find the combination of Tullock’s powerful logic, his sharp forensic skills, and his barbed wit completely elucidating and helpful to their pursuits.</p> <p><strong>Gordon Tullock</strong> is Professor Emeritus of Law at George Mason University, where he was Distinguished Research Fellow in the Center for Study of Public Choice and University Professor of Law and Economics. He also taught at the University of South Carolina, the University of Virginia, Rice University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and the University of Arizona. In 1966 he founded the journal that became Public Choice and remained its editor until 1990.</p> <p><strong>Charles K. Rowley</strong> was Duncan Black Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a Senior Fellow of the James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy at George Mason University. He was also General Director of the Locke Institute.</p>

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Titolo: The Organization of Inquiry (The Selected ...
Casa editrice: Liberty Fund
Data di pubblicazione: 2004
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Used-Very Good
Edizione: Volume 3 ed.