| Center |
| Faculty of Economics |
| Departament |
| Logic and Philosophy of Science |
| Lecturers in charge |
| H2259 - ANA SANCHEZ TORRES |
| Met. Docent |
| Theory class attendance and practical class work. Coordinator: José Sanmartín Esplugues and Ana Sánchez Torres. |
| Met. Avaluació |
| Final examination - - |
| Bibliografia |
| Carl G. Hempel. Filosofia de la Ciencia Natural, Madrid, Alianza Universidad (nº 47) Scott Gordon. Historia y Filosofía de las Ciencias Sociales, Barcelona, Ariel, 1995. Karl R. Popper. Conocimiento objetivo, Madrid, Tecnos |
| Continguts |
| This is a course that tries to help the students o understand the methods used in the economy. The focus will be made on what is the scientific method applied to the Social Sciences: contrasting, scientific explanation, minimisation. . PROGRAM: 1. scientific investigation: invention and contrast. 2. contrasting of a hypothesis: their logic and force. 3. scientific explanation and laws. 4. theoretical explanation and theories. 5. minimisation. |