Philosophico-Methodological Analysis of Prediction and its Role in Economics

Chapter 1 The Philosophico-Methodological Standpoint: The Issue of Prediction as a Requisite for Science

Chapter 2 Characterization of Scientific Prediction and its Kinds in Economics

Chapter 3 Falsificationism and the Methodological Levels on Prediction

Chapter 4 Prediction and Novel Facts in the Methodology of Scientific Research Programs

Chapter 5 From Erklären–Verstehen to Prediction–Understanding : The Methodological Framework for Prediction in Economics within Social Sciences

Chapter 6 Methodological Approaches within Economics: The Perspectives on Prediction of Some Nobel Prize Winners

Chapter 7 The Problem of Prediction in Economics from the Perspective of Action Theory

Chapter 8 Rationality in Economics and Scientific Prediction: The Role of Economic Rationality in Prediction

Chapter 9 Rationality and Prediction in Experimental Economics: An Analysis of Reinhard Selten’s Approach

Chapter 11 Evaluation and Limits of Prediction in Economics

Chapter 12 The Relation Between Prediction and Prescription in Economics