ECONOMIC THEORY IN THE SEARCH FOR PHILOSOPHICALFOUNDATIONS

Autor: Leonid Tutov
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2017)
ISSN: 1309-8055
Popis: Neoclassical economics (NCE-thereafter) has difficulty in solving complextheoretical and practical problems. In such a situation, the role of itsphilosophical foundations increases.NCE is based on the methodologicalpostulates of positivism. However, the status and perspectives of the positivistmethodology to maintain a dominant position in the world of science are thesubject of intense debate, as with this approach, sciences lose their worldviewfunction and ontological foundations.The purpose of the report is tojustify thecontinuing relevance of the methodology of positivism for the development ofeconomic theory
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