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Philosophy and Methodology of Economics

Philosophy and Methodology of Economics
114-0519/01
angličtina

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 .


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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.