Center |
Faculty of Economics |
Departament |
Logic and Philosophy of Science |
Lecturers in charge |
Sin datos cargados |
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. |