114-0315/01 – Methodology of Economic Science (MEV)
| Gurantor department | Department of Economics | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Martin Macháček, Ph.D. et Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. PhDr. František Varadzin, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2002/2003 | Year of cancellation | 2008/2009 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- To distinguish scientific and non-scientific views of the world
- To analyze the ways of economic category creation
- To formulate basic principles of economic theory building
- To compare different philosophical-methodological base for interpretation of economic events
- To understand ideas of economic theory creation
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
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.
Compulsory literature:
1. Blaug, M.: The Methodology of Economics: Or, How Economists Explain. 2nd edition. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1992.
2. Caldwell, B. J.: Beyond Positivism: Economic Methodology in the Twentieth Century. London, Routledge 1994.
Recommended literature:
1. Boland, L. A.: Critical Economic Methodology. A Personal Odyssey. London, Routledge 1997.
2. Hands, W. D.: Reflection without Rules: Economic Methodology and Contemporary Science Theory. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2001.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Úvod do studia. Stanovení podmínek absolvování kurzu. Rozbor
literatury.
2. Věda jako problém.Teorie vědy a její struktura.
3. Výstavba a vývoj vědecké teorie. Problém dat ve vědě.
4. Induktivní a deduktivní metody.
5. Fenomenologické metody a semiotické metody.
6. Axiomatické metody. Historické metody.
7. Ekonomie a filosofie.
8. Metodologie klasického ekonomického myšlení.
9. Metodologie marxistického ekonomického myšlení.
10. Metodologie institucionálního ekonomického myšlení.
11. Metodologie neoklasického ekonomického myšlení.
12. Metodologie ekonomického myšlení na přelomu 20. a 21. století.
13. Metodologie rakouské školy.
14. Psaní vědecké práce. Aplikace jednotlivých metod.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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