Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION xi
5. 1. THE MODERN FACT, THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION, AND QUESTIONS OF METHOD 1
6. 2. ACCOMMODATING MERCHANTS: DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING, MERCANTILE EXPERTISE, AND THE EFFECT OF ACCURACY 29
7. 3. THE POLITICAL ANATOMY OF THE ECONOMY: ENGLISH SCIENCE AND IRISH LAND 92
8. 4. EXPERIMENTAL MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE PROBLEMS OF LIBERAL GOVERNMENTALITY 144
9. 5. FROM CONJECTURAL HISTORY TO POLITICAL ECONOMY 214
10. 6. RECONFIGURING FACTS AND THEORY: VESTIGES OF PROVIDENTIALISM IN THE NEW SCIENCE OF WEALTH 264
11. 7. FIGURES OF ARITHMETIC, FIGURES OF SPEECH: THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION IN THE 1830s 307
12. NOTES 329
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 387
14. INDEX 409