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課程名稱 |
經濟哲學
Philosophy of Economics |
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開課學期 |
104-2 |
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授課對象 |
社會科學院 經濟學系 |
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授課教師 |
吳亨德 |
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課號 |
ECON3047 |
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課程識別碼 |
303E30140 |
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學分 |
2 |
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全/半年 |
半年 |
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必/選修 |
選修 |
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上課時間 |
星期二6,7(13:20~15:10) |
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上課地點 |
社科406 |
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備註 |
本課程以英語授課。
總人數上限：68人 |
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課程網頁 |
http://www.trembling-hand.url.tw/course/ |
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課程概述 |
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課程要求 |
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預期每週課後學習時數 |
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評量方式
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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Week 1 |
2/23 |
Week 1: Falsifiability
Popper, K. (1963). Conjectures and Refutations. Routledge. (selected excerpt)
Survey Articles:
Hands, D.W., (1993) Popper and Lakatos in Economic Methodology. DH
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Week 2 |
3/01 |
Week 2: Paradigm Shifts
Paradigm shifts, scientific revolutions
Kuhn, T. (1962). The structure of scientific revolutions. University of Chicago Press. (selected excerpt)
Survey Articles:
Nickles, T. (2013). Scientific Revolutions, SEOP.
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Week 3 |
3/08 |
Week 3: Explanation
Explanation, Deductive Nomological Model, Statistical Relevance Model
Hempel, C. G., & Oppenheim, P. (1948). Studies in the Logic of Explanation. Philosophy of science, 135-175.
Salmon, W. (1971). Statistical Explanation, in Statistical Explanation and Statistical Relevance, W. Salmon, (ed.), 29–87, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Survey Articles:
Woodward, J. (2014). Scientific Explanation, SEOP.
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Week 4 |
3/15 |
Week 4: Causation
Explanations, Counterfactuals, Causation
Mill, J.S. (1994). On the definition and method of Political Economy. DH, 41-58.
Lewis, D. (1979). Counterfactual dependence and time's arrow. Noûs, 455-476.
Survey Articles:
Reiss, J. (2013). Philosophy of Economics: a contemporary introduction. Routledge, Ch. 5.
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Week 5 |
3/22 |
Week 5: Assumptions
Positivism, Assumptions, behavioral economics, microfoundations
Rabin, M. (2002). A perspective on psychology and economics. European economic review, 46(4), 657-685.
Friedman, M. (1953). The methodology of positive economics. Essays in positive economics, Chicago University Press.
Survey Articles:
Mäki, U. (2009). Realistic realism about unrealistic models, Oxford handbook of philosophy of economics, Oxford University Press.
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Week 6 |
3/29 |
Week 6: Economic Models
Interpretation of Economic Models, Interpretation of Game Theory
Sugden, R. (2000). Credible worlds: the status of theoretical models in economics. Journal of Economic Methodology, 7(1), 1-31.
Rubinstein, A. (1991). Comments on the interpretation of game theory. Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 909-924.
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Week 7 |
4/05 |
Week 7: Rationality
Preference Axioms, Axiomatizations of expected utility
Chapter 7 from: Savage, L.J. (1954, 1972) The foundations of statistics. New York, Dover Publications.
Harless, D. W., & Camerer, C. F. (1994). The predictive utility of generalized expected utility theories. Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 1251-1289.
Survey articles:
Grant, S. & van Zandt, T. (2009). Expected Utility Theory. APP.
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Week 8 |
4/12 |
Week 8: Statistical Decision Theory
Dutch book arguments, Ellsberg paradox, problem of the priors, maximum entropy priors, Bertrand's paradox.
Gilboa, I., & Schmeidler, D. (1989). Maxmin expected utility with non-unique prior. Journal of mathematical economics, 18(2), 141-153.
Sections 1 and 2 from: Jaynes, E. T. (1957). Information theory and statistical mechanics. Physical review, 106(4), 620.
Survey articles:
Eichberger, J. & Kelsey, D. (2009). Ambiguity. APP.
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Week 9 |
4/19 |
Week 9: Mid Term (no class) |
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Week 10 |
4/26 |
Week 10: Social Choice
Arrow's impossibility result, Gibbard-Satterthwaite Theorem
Chapters 2 and 5: Gaertner, W. (2009) A primer in social choice theory: revised edition. Oxford University Press.
Survey articles:
List, C. (2013). Social Choice Theory, SEOP.
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Week 11 |
5/03 |
Week 11: Utilitarianism
Trolley problems, Ford Pinto case, Consequentialism vs. Deontological ethics
Chapters 1 and 2 from: Mill, J.S. (1863) Utilitarianism. London, Parker, Son, and Bourn.
Pattanaik, P. (2009). Limits of utilitarianism as the basis of public action. APP
Survey articles:
Blackorby, C., Bossert, W., & Donaldson, D. (2002) Utilitarianism and the theory of justice. ASS1
Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2011). Consequentialism, SEOP.
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Week 12 |
5/10 |
Week 12: Voting
Majority Rule, Borda count, Approval Voting, Random Ballot, Voting power measures
Krishna, V., & Morgan, J. (2012). Majority rule and utilitarian welfare. Available at SSRN 2083248.
Brams, S. J., & Fishburn, P. C. (2005). Going from theory to practice: the mixed success of approval voting. Social Choice and Welfare, 25(2-3), 457-474.
Dummett, M. (1998). The Borda count and agenda manipulation. Social Choice and Welfare, 15(2), 289-296.
Survey articles:
Chapter 6: Gaertner, W. (2009) A primer in social choice theory: revised edition. Oxford University Press
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Week 13 |
5/17 |
Week 13: Judgment Aggregation
Discursive Dilemma, List and Pettit's impossibility result
List, C., & Pettit, P. (2002). Aggregating sets of judgments: An impossibility result. Economics and Philosophy, 18(01), 89-110.
Survey articles:
List, C. & Puppe, C. (2009). Judgment Aggregation. APP.
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Week 14 |
5/24 |
Week 14: Equality
Equality, Egalitarianism
Rawls, J. (2009). A theory of justice. Harvard university press. (selected excerpt)
Survey Articles:
Tungodden, B. (2009) Equality and Priority. APP.
Peter, F. (2009) Rawlsian Justice. APP.
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Week 15 |
5/31 |
Week 15: Sen's Capabilities Approach
Capabilities, Functionings, Informational basis of welfare economics
Sen, A. (1979) Equality of what? Tanner lecture on human values.
Survey Articles:
Schokkaert, E. (2009). The Capabilities Approach. APP. |
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Week 16 |
6/07 |
Week 16: Freedom and Rights
Paretian Liberal, Freedom of Choice, Rights
Sen, A. (1970). The impossibility of a Paretian liberal. The journal of political economy, 152-157.
Gaertner, W., Pattanaik, P. K., & Suzumura, K. (1992). Individual rights revisited. Economica, 161-177.
Survey Articles:
Dowding, K. & van Hees, M. (2009). Freedom of Choice. APP.
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Week 17 |
6/14 |
Week 17: Paternalism
Paternalism, Libertarian paternalism, Nudge
Sunstein, C. R., & Thaler, R. H. (2003). Libertarian paternalism is not an oxymoron. The University of Chicago Law Review, 1159-1202.
Hausman, D. M., & Welch, B. (2010). Debate: To Nudge or Not to Nudge. Journal of Political Philosophy, 18(1), 123-136.
Mitchell, G. (2005). Libertarian paternalism is an oxymoron. Northwestern University Law Review, 99(3).
Survey Articles:
Dworkin, G. (2014) Paternalism, SEOP.
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Week 18 |
6/21 |
final |
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