Postgraduate Course: Development and Methodology of Economic Thought (ECNM11008)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The aim of this course is to promote an appreciation of how economic theory has evolved, in terms of the questions addressed, the types of theory developed to answer these questions, and the philosophical presuppositions of these theories. Lectures provide material on the background, content and assumptions of economic theories and on their comprehension of the appropriate methods of investigation into economic phenomena. The lectures provide guidance as to how particular economic doctrines and more general philosophical and methodological issues may be interpreted and judged. Students' own reading is an essential input to the course: through this reading students can develop their own interpretive and evaluative skills. Students can expect at the end of the course to be better equipped to make their own choices as to questions, theories and approaches, and to understand better the scope and limitations of economic theory. The course covers the history of economic thought and of ideas concerning the appropriate methods of enquiry in economics, from the pre Enlightenment period up to the present day with particular emphasis on important developments. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Students should be registered for MSc Economics or MSc Economics (Finance). All other students must email sgpe@ed.ac.uk in advance to request permission.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Students should be registered for MSc Economics or MSc Economics (Finance). All other students must email sgpe@ed.ac.uk in advance to request permission. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Block 4 (Sem 2) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 18,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assessment will be by a 2-hour final examination. |
| Feedback |
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Learning Outcomes
| See description
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Reading List
M Blaug (1980), The Methodology of Economics, pp 1-40.
I Lakatos & A Musgrave (eds)(1970), Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge, pp 1-23, 91-196.
S Latsis (ed)(1976), Method and Appraisal in Economics, pp 1-41, 149-218.
K R Popper (1965), Conjectures and Refutations, 2nd Edition, pp 33-65.
D McCloskey (1983) The Rhetoric of Economics, Wisconsin University Press
D McCloskey (1994) Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics, CUP
U Mäki (2001) Explanatory Unification, Philosophy of the Social Sciences 31(4) 488 ¿ 506 |
Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.sgpe.ac.uk/ |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
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Course secretary | |
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