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Philosophy and Methodology of Economics

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 114-0319/02
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, origins, development, and crises.
2. Logical positivism and empirism. Critical rationalism.
3. History and sociology of science. Methodology of scientific research programmes.
4. Methodology of economic science – the Millian tradition. Deductivism.
5. Logical positivism in economics. Economics as empirical science.
6. Popper´s methodology of social sciences. Falsification principle in economics.
7. Scientific revolutions and paradigms in economics.
8. Scientific research programmes in economics.
9. Samuelson´s operationalism. Friedman´s methodology of positive economics.
10. Quantitative economics and the computational experiment. Multiagent approaches in economics.
11. Experimental economics.
12. Rhetorical and onthological turns in economics. Critical realism.
13. Famous methodological battles in economics.

E-learning

Studijní opory TpB:
https://lms.vsb.cz/course/view.php?id=87988

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.


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