PHIL565 PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ECONOMICS
Course Code: |
2410565 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
Department: |
Philosophy |
Language of Instruction: |
English |
Level of Study: |
Graduate |
Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. ÞEREF HALÝL TURAN |
Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Philosophical perspectives on economics; interrelations between economics and metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, and aesthetics, critiques directed against orthodox economics by heterodox economists, philosophers of science and philosopherss, analysis of these critiques from a philosophical perpsective; main challenges facing philosophical perspectives on economics in the 21st century; how philosophers and economicsts react to these challgenges and the possibility of convergence.