Investigations into the Method of the Social Sciences with Special Reference to Economics (The Institute for Humane Studies series in economic theory)

Title Page......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
Introduction to the New York University Press Edition......Page 7
Translator's Preface......Page 19
Introduction......Page 23
Preface......Page 45
Book One: Economics as a Theoretical Science......Page 55
1. The Various Aspects of Research in the Field of National Economy......Page 57
8. The Charge of "Atomism" in Theoretical Economics......Page 112
7. The Dogma of Self Interest in Theoretical Economics......Page 104
6. The Theory that Economics Phenomena Are to be Treated Only in Connection with the Total Social and Political Development of Nations......Page 96
5. The Relationship of the Exact Orientation of Research in the Field of Social Sciences to the Realistic-Empirical Orientation......Page 88
4. The Two Basic Orientations of Theoretical Research......Page 76
3. The Special Nature of Theoretical Knowledge in the Field of Economy Does Not Invalidate the Character of Economics as a Theoretical Science......Page 72
2. The Errors Which Result from the Failure to Recognize the Formal Nature of Theoretical Economics......Page 63
Book Two: The Historical Point of View in Economic Research......Page 117
Introduction......Page 119
3. The Historical Point of View in the Practical Sciences of Economy......Page 144
2. The Pseudo-Historical Orientation of Research in Theoretical Economics......Page 136
1. The Historical Point of View in Theoretical Economics......Page 124
Book Three: The Organic Development of Social Phenomena......Page 149
1. The Analogy Between Social Phenomena and Natural Organisms......Page 151
2. The Theoretical Understanding of Thos Social Phenomena Which Are Not a Product of Agreement or Positive Legislation, but Are Unintended Results of Historical Development......Page 161
Book Four: The Development of the Idea of a Historical Treatment of Political Economy......Page 183
1. That the Basic Notions of the Historical School of German Economists Have Long Been Known in Political Science......Page 185
3. The Origin and Development of the Historical School of German Economists......Page 200
2. The Historical School of German Economists Has Failed to Recognize the Decisive Reform Thought of the Historical School of Jurists......Page 194
Appendix I......Page 215
Appendix II......Page 219
Appendix III......Page 225
Appendix IV......Page 228
Appendix V......Page 236
Appendix VI......Page 238
Appendix VII......Page 242
Appendix VIII......Page 245
Appendix IX......Page 257