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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Philosophy and Methodology of Economics

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 114-0319/01
Abbreviation FME
Course title Philosophy and Methodology of Economics
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Martin Macháček, Ph.D. et Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Science, its concepts and fields. The origins and development of science (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Modern Period). The crisis of science and the natural world.
2. Philosophy and methodology of science – logical positivism and empirism.
3. Philosophy and methodology of science – critical rationalism and K.R. Popper.
4. History and sociology of science – T.S. Kuhn.
5. Methodology of scientific research programmes – I. Lakatos.
6. Methodology of economic science – the Millian tradition. Deductivism.
7. Logical positivism in economics. Economics as empirical science.
8. Popper´s methodology of social sciences. Falsification principle in economics.
9. Kuhn´s history and sociology of science – an economics application.
10. Methodology of scientific research programmes in economics.
11. Samuelson´s operationalism.
12. Friedman´s methodology of positive economics and the problem of instrumentalism
13. Rhetorical and onthological turns in economics. Critical realism.
14. Naturalistic, sociological, and economic turns in the philosophy of science.

Literature

1. BLAUG, Mark. The Methodology of Economics Or How Economists Explain. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 286 p. ISBN 9780521436786 .
2. FAJKUS, Břetislav. Filosofie a metodologie vědy (Vývoj, současnost, perspektivy). Praha: Academia, 2005. 368 s. ISBN 80-200-1304-0.
3. LOUŽEK, Marek. Metodologie ekonomie. Praha: Karolinum, 2009. 606 s. ISBN 978-80-246-1309-3.

Advised literature

1. MACHÁČEK, Martin. Soumrak ekonomie? K problému formalizace a krize smyslu společenské vědy. Series on Advanced Economic Issues, vol. 34. Ostrava: Ekonomická fakulta VŠB – TU Ostrava, 2015. 123 stran. ISBN 978-80-248-3749-9.
2. OCHRANA, František. Metodologie sociálních věd. 2. vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2021. 136 s. ISBN 978-80-246-4968-9 .
3. VARADZIN, František a Olga BŘEZINOVÁ. Hledání ve světě ekonomie (Věda, metodologie ekonomie). Praha: Professional Publishing, 2003. 306 s. ISBN 80-86419-56-8.