[...]... premature synthesis, stays upstream from more complete and specialized ones References 9 References Backhaus, J (2003): Evolutionary economic thought, Edward Elgar Dopfer, K (2001): Evolutionary economics: program and scope, Kluwer Foster, J and Metcalfe, S (eds.) (2001): Frontiers of evolutionary economics, Edward Elgar Friedman, M (1953): The methodology of positive economics, in Essays in Positive... in traditional textbooks This can be illustrated by three examples 1 Note however that what the research program called here evolutionary economics’ is not far from what B Walliser calls elsewhere ‘cognitive economics’ (2000) Conversely, it differs from economic models called evolutionary in a strict sense and focalized on a dynamic dimension without replacing it in a cognitive and institutional framework... problems Presentation of the book The book differs profoundly from preceding books dealing with evolutionary economics too (Witt, 1992; Hodgson, 1996; Schweitzer-Silberberg, 1998; Dopfer, 2001; Foster-Metcalfe, 2001; Gandolfi et alli, 2002; Backhaus, 2003; Witt, 2003) These books are litterary presentations of evolutionary economics or proceedings of conferences on the topic The structure of the present... institutionalist approaches If the term evolutionary is chosen to qualify that synthesis, it is not only due to the necessity of a simple denotation, but also to the transversal role played by that notion in the structuration of the set of approaches As was already stressed, the underlying epistemology of our approach, at odds with Friedmanian individualism, insists on an evolutionary modelling of the processes... Cartelier (ed.), La Formation des Grandeurs Economiques, PUF, Paris, 19-55 Gandolfi, A et al (2002): Economics as an evolutionary science, Transaction publishers Hodgson, G (1996): Economics and evolution, University of Michigan Press Hodgson, G (ed.) (2002): A modern reader in institutional and evolutionary economics, Edward Elgar Kirman, A and Salmon, M (ed.) (1995): Learning and rationality in economics,... Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, Harvard University Press Schweitzer, F and Silverberg, G (eds.) (1998): Evolution and self-organization in economics, Duncker and Humblot Simon, H (1982): Models of bounded rationality, MIT Press Tisdell, M (1997): Bounded rationality and economic evolution, Edward Elgar Walliser, B (2000): L’Economie Cognitive, Odile Jacob, Paris Witt, U (ed.) (1992): What evolutionary. .. dynamic (§1.2), illustrated by a prototypical example (§1.3), the justifycations (axiomatic, operational, evolutionary) that have been presented for it (§1.4) and the criticisms (empirical, theoretical, logical) that have been levelled at it (§1.5) The second section defines the principles of evolutionary behavior, setting out different concepts of rationality (§ 2.1) and then successively examining... reactive It is the question of the emergence of a unique price which is essentially studied The situations of strategic interactions are introduced in chapter 3, devoted to games It is mainly concerned with evolutionary game theory, and more precisely with learning processes The second part introduces more complex market configurations than the first one In chapter 4, markets with irreversibilities are considered,... origins and features of the point of view developed by the standard economic approach It is called “Background and problems” A second section presents the general notions and principles suggested by the evolutionary approach in order to deal with its object It is called “Canonical principles” A third section studies the consequences of specific assumptions gathered in contrasted models relative to a peculiar... given to the market leads to under-estimate the regulative function of other entities, which act conjointly with the market, for instance the firm, the central bank or the law 6 Introduction Towards an evolutionary paradigm To the triptyque formed by optimizing rationality, equilibrium and market efficiency, the promoted approach opposes procedural rationality, dynamic processes and plurality of institutions . class="bi x0 y0 w1 h0" alt="" Evolutionary Microeconomics Jacques Lesourne ´ Andr Orlan Bernard Walliser Evolutionary Microeconomics In cooperation with Paul. References 9 References Backhaus, J. (2003): Evolutionary economic thought, Edward Elgar. Dopfer, K. (2001): Evolutionary economics: program and scope,