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Rola prądów filozoficznych w kształtowaniu metodologii nauk ekonomicznych
The influence of philosophical schools on the methodology of economics

Author(s): Anna Horodecka
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: philosophy; economics; science theory; methodology of economic science; relativism; sociological approach; rhetorical approach; pluralism

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the changes in the methodology of economics, which took place after the turn of the 70s and the 80s. They have been shown as outcomes occurring in the philosophy of science. The paper discusses the importance of such philosophical schools as relativism, constructivism, realism, pragmatism s well as the rhetoric on the methodology of economics and their importance for further changes in economic theory. Some further trends in the development of economy and the future vision of the economy are outlined as well.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 245
  • Page Range: 110-119
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish