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Philosophy and Methodology of Economics

Language of instruction angličtina
Code 114-0519
Abbreviation FME
Course title Philosophy and Methodology of Economics
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Martin Macháček, Ph.D. et Ph.D.

Summary

The course is focused on the consolidation of knowledge gained in economics with a deeper understanding of logic and structure of ideological statements. It is therefore to ensure that students understand how representatives of individual schools of economic thought reached the conclusions presented in a simplified form in economics textbooks, and are able to critically evaluate them.

Literature

1. BLAUG, Mark. The Methodology of Economics Or How Economists Explain. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 286 p. ISBN 9780521436786 .
2. BOUMANS, Marcel and John B. DAVIS. Economic Methodology: Understanding Economics as a Science. 2nd ed. Palgrave, 2015. 248 p. ISBN 978-1137545558 .
3. LAWSON, Tony. Essays on the Nature and State of Modern Economics. London: Routledge, 2015. 276 p. ISBN 978-1138851023 .

Advised literature

1. CALDWELL, Bruce J. Beyond Positivism: Economic Methodology in the Twentieth Century. London: Routledge, 1994. 304 p. ISBN 978-0415109116 .
2. FRIEDMAN, Milton The Methodology of Positive Economics. In Essays in Positive Economics. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1966, pp. 3-16, 30-43. ISBN 978-0226264035 .
3. HANDS, Wade D. Reflection without Rules: Economic Methodology and Contemporary Science Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 492 p. ISBN 978-0521797962 .
4. SNOWDON, Brian and Howard R. VANE. Modern Macroeconomics: Its Origin, Development and Current State. New edition. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Pub., 2005. 832 p. ISBN 978-1845422080 .