Contents

pp v-x

Preface

pp xi-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-12

PART I - STATISTICAL LOGICS

pp 13-14

Chapter 1 - J. S. Mill and some philosophical underpinnings of controlled experimentation

pp 15-35

Chapter 2 - R. A. Fisher, randomization, and controlled experimentation

pp 36-60

Chapter 3 - Some special difficulties of controlled social experiments

pp 61-88

Chapter 4 - Hume's problem of induction in modern statistical inference and controlled experimentation

pp 89-113

Summary and conclusion of Part I

pp 114-116

PART II - ECONOMIC LOGICS

pp 117-118

Chapter 5 - Problems with a rationalist account of classical mechanics

pp 119-149

Chapter 6 - Microeconomics striving to be a classical-mechanics–like science

pp 150-181

Chapter 7 - The income maintenance experiments: microeconomic science or scientism?

pp 182-245

Chapter 8 - Microeconomics striving to be deontology

pp 246-282

Summary and conclusion of Part II

pp 283-286

Conclusion: Some possible barriers to controlled social experiments as science

pp 287-316

Appendix: Proofs of theorems, lemmas, and propositions

pp 317-336

References

pp 337-344

Symbols and abbreviations

pp 345-362

Index

pp 363-365