Ontology and Economics: Tony Lawson and His Critics

Introduction : Lawson's Reorientation / Edward Fullbrook -- Some Comments On Lawson's Reorienting Economics : Same Facts, Different Conclusions / Bruce Caldwell -- History, Causal Explanation And Basic Economic Reasoning : Reply To Caldwell / Tony Lawson -- Critical Realism In Economics : A Different View / Bjørn-ivar Davidsen -- Underlabouring For Substantive Theorising : Reply To Davidsen / Tony Lawson -- The Nature Of Heterodox Economics / John B. Davis -- Heterodox Economics And Pluralism : Reply To Davis / Tony Lawson -- Reorienting Economics Through Triangulation Of Methods / Paul Downward And Andrew Mearman -- Triangulation And Social Research : Reply To Downward And Mearman / Tony Lawson -- Irrelevance And Ideology / Bernard Guerrien -- The Mainstream Orientation And Ideology : Reply To Guerrien / Tony Lawson -- On The Problem Of Formalism In Economics / Geoffrey M. Hodgson -- On The Nature And Roles Of Formalism In Economics : Reply To Hodgson / Tony Lawson -- Finding A Critical Pragmatism In Reorienting Economics / Bruce R. Mcfarling -- Ontology Or Epistemology? Reply To Mcfarling / Tony Lawson -- (un)real Criticism / David F. Ruccio -- Ontology And Postmodernism : Reply To Ruccio / Tony Lawson -- Feminism And Realism : A Contested Relationship / Irene Van Staveren -- Feminism, Realism And Essentialism : Reply To Van Staveren / Tony Lawson -- Conjectural Revisionary Ontology / Jack Vromen -- Provisionally Grounded Critical Ontology : Reply To Vromen / Tony Lawson . Edited By Edward Fullbrook. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.