PHIL565 PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ECONOMICS
| Course Code: | 2410565 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Philosophy |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ŞEREF HALİL TURAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
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.