Naziv kolegija: Filozofija ekonomije
ECTS: 3 boda
Nastavnik/nositelj kolegija: Mislav Žitko, asist./dr. sc. Borislav Mikulić, red. prof.
Status i vrsta kolegija: izborni seminar
Trajanje: 1 semestar (2 sata tjedno)
Jezik: hrvatski
Uvjeti za upis kolegija: nema
Cilj: Upoznavanje s temeljnim epistemološkim i metodološkim problemima u polju filozofije ekonomije
Sadržaj: Počevši od razlikovanja činjenica i vrijednosti kakvo nalazimo u raspravama Davida Humea kolegij će tematizirati razlikovanje između pozitivne i normativne ekonomije nastojeći razraditi metodološke probleme suvremene ekonomske znanosti uz pomoć rasprava i uvida filozofije znanosti, odnosno epistemologije društvenih znanosti. Nadalje, spomenuta će dihotomija biti uzeta za ishodišnu točku u razmatranju instrumentalističkih, odnosno realističkih strategija opravdanja u polju filozofije ekonomije. U skladu sa suvremenim raspravama posebna će pažnja biti posvećena epistemologiji modela i mjerenja, odnosno raspravama koje mogu klasične filozofijske probleme opažanja i kauzaliteta otkriti u ponešto novom svijetlu. Posljednji dio kolegija bit će posvećen analizi i evaluaciji ortodoksnog i heterodoksnih istraživačkih programa u ekonomiji.
Način provjere znanja: pismeni izvještaji o praćenju rada (izvještaji o čitanju), sudjelovanje u diskusiji
Način praćenja kvalitete nastave: redovito pohađanje nastave (maksimalno 3 izostanka) i praćenje rada u kolegiju (izvještaji o čitanju u kolegiju, ca. 2 kartice), konzultacije; studentska anketa

Sadržaj kolegija

1. Uvod u kolegij
2. Činjenice, vrijednosti, i ekonomska znanost (Hilary Putnam: The collapse of the fact/value dichotomy, str. 1-27)
3. Činjenice, vrijednosti i ekonomska znanost (Mark Blaug: How economists explain, str. 3-27)
4. Instrumentalizam i predviđanje (Julian Reiss: Three cheers for instrumentalism)
5. Realizam u ekonomskoj analizi (Tony Lawson: A realist theory for economics)
6. Problem kauzalnosti i formuliranje ekonomskih zakona (Julian Reiss: Philosophy of economics, str. 85-115)
7. Mjerenje i opažanje u ekonomskoj analizi (Julian Reiss: Philosophy of economics, str. 145-175)
8. Mjerenje i opažanje u ekonomskoj analizi (Harro Maas i Mary Morgan: Observation and observing in economics)
9. Uloga modela u ekonomskoj analizi (Robert Sudgen: Credible worlds: the status of theoretical models in economics)
10. Modeli, matematika i stvarnost (Geoffrey Hodgson: On the complexity of economic reality and the history of the use of mathematics in economics)
11. Neoklasična ekonomika kao istraživački program (Christian Arnsperger i Yanis Varoufakis: Neoclassical economics: three identifying features)
12. Neoklasična ekonomika kao istraživački program (Sheila Dow: The appeal of neoclassical economics: some insights from Keynes’s epistemology)
13. Heterodoksni istraživački programi (Alan Freeman: Economists of tomorrow: the case for assertive pluralism in economics education)
14. Ekonomija, ideologija, politika (Joan Robinson: What are the questions?)

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