Explaining Technical Change by Jon Elster

Explaining Technical Change by Jon Elster

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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.

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Explaining Technical Change by Jon Elster

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 Schumpeter's influential theory.
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ISBN 13 9780521270724
ISBN 10 0521270723
Title Explaining Technical Change
Author Jon Elster
Series Studies In Rationality And Social Change
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1983-06-09
Number of pages 276
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