Economics as a Social Science By Piet Keizer Utrecht School of Economics Utrecht University July 2008 1 Content 1. The Character of Modern Science 2. Genesis and Development of Economics as a Social Science 3. Multidisciplinary Economics‚ an Introduction 4. Some Basic Sociology for Economists 5. Appendix Answers to test questions 2 Preface This reader is an attempt to define economics as a social science. In the first place‚ economics is a science. In the second place‚ economics
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Summary of the Dialogue At the gates of the city of Megara in 369 BC‚ Eucleides and Terpsion hear a slave read out Eucleides’ memoir of a philosophical discussion that took place in 399 BC‚ shortly before Socrates’ trial and execution (142a-143c). In this‚ the young Theaetetus is introduced to Socrates by his mathematics tutor‚ Theodorus. Socrates questions Theaetetus about the nature of expertise‚ and this leads him to pose the key question of the dialogue: "What is knowledge?" (143d-145e). Theaetetus’
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The discipline of international relations (IR) is one that has witnessed a multitude of variations and shifts. It has produced a fair amount of debate between academics within the international relations scholarship. Due to a plethora of circumstances scholars have subjected the traditional rationalist theories of neorealism and neoliberalism to critical re-evaluations. As a result‚ constructivism is a concept that has emerged as an alternative approach to dominant IR theories. It focuses on the
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answered shows that science and philosophy are‚ in fact‚ inextricably linked. Philosophy has its subdisciplines: Logic: valid forms of reasoning; Aesthetics: study of nature of beauty; Ethics and political philosophy: moral values and justice; Epistemology: the nature‚ extent and justification of knowledge; Metaphysics: study of thing we believe exist. So‚ Philosophy deals with two sets of questions: *The questions that science (physical‚ biological‚ social‚ behavioral) cannot answer and
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of concepts the validity of the senses‚ logical reasoning‚ as well as thoughts‚ ideas‚ memories‚ and emotions and all things mental. This is dealing with our minds and how minds are are related to reality‚ and rather these are valid or invalid. Epistemology helps us to determine the truth from false. Empiricism knowledge through experience actually being involved and experiencing what true‚ Rationalism knowledge is of acquired use through reason. Ethics is a major branch of philosophy‚ is the
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structures were treated differently‚ judged and sometimes overlooked. Europe and Europeans are known for the knowledge that has been created and carried on. The Euro-Americans values in social structure are a big part in the culture of modernity. Epistemology‚ studies the nature of knowledge. Patricia Hill Collins focused on the politics of race and gender and how it influenced knowledge. Collins believes that black women are uniquely situated. She analyzed and studied how black woman stand on principles
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British Journal of Politics and International Relations‚ Vol. 2‚ No. 3‚ October 2000‚ pp. 374–402 The discipline of international relations: still an American social science? STEVE SMITH Abstract This article reviews the state of the discipline of international relations. It starts from statements made by the editors in their editorial published in the first issue of this journal. The editors noted that there seemed to have been less adherence to positivism in international relations
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America. My philosophy of education is based on my own definition‚ what it takes to be an educator‚ and how education is a vital part of each one of our lives. My philosophy is derived from three different branches of philosophy: metaphysics‚ epistemology‚ and finally axiology. Here is my philosophy of the phenomena we call education based on these three branches. Education is defined mainly as knowledge acquired by learning and instruction. It usually pertains to academics learned in schools
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philosophy is to address the “big questions” that do not fall into other disciplines: how people should act (ethics)‚ what exists (metaphysics)‚ how individuals know what they know (epistemology)‚ and how people should reason (logic). Originating from Greek‚ the word means “love of wisdom.”(WiseGeek‚2015) Metaphysics‚ epistemology‚ ethics‚ aesthetics‚ political philosophy‚ and social philosophy‚ these six branches give philosophy categories of questions. Let’s take a brief glance of what these branches
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Treatise? And‚ lastly‚ is Hume’s theory on knowledge persuasive‚ or do his arguments crumble under greater scrutiny? In the section at hand‚ Hume attempts to offer his standard for epistemological certainty‚ presumably in response to René Descartes’ epistemology—his fusion of clear and distinct perceptions with innate ideas. Hume‚ in 1.3.1 of the Treatise‚ asserts “there is no single phenomenon‚ even the most simple‚ which can be accounted for from the qualities of the objects‚ as they appear to us‚ for
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