The Ideal Foundations of Economic Thought: Three Essays on the Philosophy of Economics. W. Stark

1945 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-279
Author(s):  
Frank H. Knight
Keyword(s):  
Economic Thought ◽  
Philosophy Of Economics ◽  
The Ideal

The Ideal Foundations of Economic Thought

Nature ◽  
1944 ◽  
Vol 153 (3878) ◽  
pp. 236-236
Author(s):  
M. H. DOBB
Keyword(s):  
Economic Thought ◽  
The Ideal

scholarly journals Introductory Reflections on Scholastic Economic Thought

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Giovanni Patriarca
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Canon Law ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
History Of ◽  
Shared Norms ◽  
The Ideal

This essay provides a general overview of the development of economic theories in Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries in the light of the latest studies and offers new perspectives for future investigations. Scholasticism is a milestone in the history of Western philosophy as well as its contribution to scientific method and innovation. At the end of the Middle Ages, the ideal of shared norms and values clashes with the tensions of commercial transformation. In this historical framework – characterized not only by an unprecedented international trade and new financial institutions but also by a sort of proto-empiricism – the philosophical speculation tries to find a unitary “way of knowledge” between the legitimacy of individual interests and the primacy of general principles. This interdisciplinary effort is based on the innovative interpretation of theology, (natural) philosophy, Roman and Canon law such as local customary rules applied to the emergent economic issues.

scholarly journals Philosophy of economics of the Ancient Greece

2020 ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
Armina Genrikhovna Avakyan-Forer
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Economic Knowledge ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Philosophy Of Economics ◽  
Ancient Society ◽  
Ancient Greek Philosophy ◽  
Economic Goods

This article examines the philosophy of economic of the Ancient Greece. Philosophical thought of the classics of ancient philosophy raises value and moral-ethnical questions in economic sphere and seeks the ways for their solution. The subject of this research is the stance on economic goods of the ancient society. The goal consists in description of the economic ideas of Xenophon, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Modern philosophical studies do not give due attention to the philosophy of economics, which is not fair, since the discipline “Philosophy of Economics” is aimed primarily at clarification of the essence of philosophical problems of economics, substantiation of the need for scientific cognition of economic relations and the underlying socioeconomic laws. The novelty lies in carrying out a referential overview of philosophical concepts that reflect economic ideas in Ancient Greek philosophy of the classical period. The prerequisites of economic ideas within the system of philosophical knowledge reveal and substantiate two these: inseparability of economic knowledge from ethics and politics, and the regards household management as an art. Economic teachings can be found in works of many Ancient Eastern, Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman philosophers; however, the textbooks do not usually include the ancient economic thought into the general course. The author believes that the fundamentals of economics established namely in this era, and this fact cannot be wiped out of history. The philosophical understanding of worldview and scientific fundamentals, knowledge of economics and economic system as a whole, including everything related to the economy, its place in natural world, society and human culture is very important and should be studied in universities.

An Introduction to Karl Mittermaier and His Philosophy of Economics

2019 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-134
Author(s):  
Michael Stettler
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Theory ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Invisible Hand ◽  
Philosophy Of Economics ◽  
The University ◽  
The Invisible

Karl Mittermaier lectured in the Department of Economics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, specialising in the history and the philosophy of economics, with some of his work being published posthumously, such as “The Invisible Hand and some Thoughts on the Non-Existent in What We Study” published in this journal. He analysed economic thought and methodology from the perspective of the nominalism and realism divide, identifying the nominalist attitude in economic theory as having a pernicious effect on the clarity of our understanding of economics and economic questions.

Book Review: The Ideal Foundations of Economic Thought

Theology ◽  
1944 ◽  
Vol 47 (284) ◽  
pp. 44-45
Author(s):  
Ronald Preston
Keyword(s):  
Economic Thought ◽  
The Ideal

How Homo economicus lost her mind and how we can revive her

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter DeScioli
Keyword(s):  
Economic Thought ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Homo Economicus ◽  
Economic Theories ◽  
Target Article ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Mind ◽  
And Behavior

AbstractThe target article by Boyer & Petersen (B&P) contributes a vital message: that people have folk economic theories that shape their thoughts and behavior in the marketplace. This message is all the more important because, in the history of economic thought, Homo economicus was increasingly stripped of mental capacities. Intuitive theories can help restore the mind of Homo economicus.

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