Philosophico-Methodological Analysis of Prediction and its Role in Economics

Introduction: The Problem of Scientific Prediction and its Role in Economics.- Part I: The Problem of Prediction as A Test For A Science.- 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.- Part II: The General Orientation in Methodology of Science and The Problem of Prediction As A Scientific Test.- Chapter 3: Falsificationism and the Methodological Levels on Prediction.- Chapter 4: Prediction and Novel Facts in the Methodology of Scientific Research Programs.- Part III: The Methodological Framework of Social Sciences and Economics: Incidence for Prediction as A Test.- 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.- Part IV: Epistemology And Methodology Of Economic Prediction: Rationality And Empirical Approaches.- 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.- Part V: Methodological Aspects Of Economic Prediction: From Description to Prescription.- Chapter 10: Methods of Prediction inEconomics.- Chapter 11: Evaluation and Limits of Prediction in Economics.- Chapter 12: The Relation between Prediction and Prescription in Economics.- Bibliography.- Index of Names.- Subject Index.