課程資訊
課程名稱
 經濟哲學
Philosophy of Economics 
開課學期
 106-2 
授課對象
 社會科學院  經濟學研究所  
授課教師
 吳亨德 
課號
 ECON5146 
課程識別碼
 323EU8320 
班次
  
學分
 3.0 
全/半年
 半年 
必/選修
 選修 
上課時間
 星期三6,7,8(13:20~16:20) 
上課地點
 社科301 
備註
 本課程以英語授課。
限學士班三年級以上 或 限碩士班以上
總人數上限：30人 
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課程概述

The course trains students to discuss economic concepts from a philosophical perspective. Is economics a science? Do economic models need realistic assumptions? What makes an economic institution “good”? These and other questions are raised in this course.

The course puts a strong emphasis on discussion and debate. Students are required to give two short presentations of research papers and defend the authors' claims in the following discussion. Students are also required to be discussants of other students’ presentations. To train writing interesting and coherent arguments, students write a short paragraph about the debate after class. In the final paper, students examine a recently published research paper from the perspective of one of the topics discussed in class. 

課程目標
 The course has two objectives. First, it trains students to discuss economic concepts in speaking and writing. Second, it introduces students to methodological and normative issues on the border of economics and philosophy. 
課程要求
 Read at least one of the papers before class.
After class, write a short argument (paragraph) about one of the papers discussed in class. 
預期每週課後學習時數
  
Office Hours
 另約時間 
指定閱讀
 * Survey articles are not required, but may help understanding the main papers.
Week 2:
Chudnoff, E. (2007). A Guide to Philosophical Writing. Harvard College
Week 3:
Popper, K. (1963). Conjectures and Refutations. Routledge. (Chapters 1 and 10)
Kuhn, T. (1962). The structure of scientific revolutions. University of Chicago Press. (Chapters 2,3,4,9)
Week 4:
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.
Week 5:
Explanations, Counterfactuals, Causation
Mill, J.S. (1994, 1887). On the definition and method of political economy.
Lewis, D. (1979). Counterfactual dependence and time's arrow. Noûs, 455-476.
Survey Articles:
Menzies, P. (2014). Counterfactual Theories of Causation, SEOP.
Week 6:
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 Papers:
Mäki, U. (2009). Realistic realism about unrealistic models. Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics.
Week 8:
Preference Axioms, Axiomatizations of expected utility
Chapter 5 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.
Chapter 7 from: Savage, L.J. (1954, 1972) The foundations of statistics. New York, Dover Publications.
Gilboa, I. (2009). Theory of decision under uncertainty (Vol. 1). Cambridge: Cambridge university press.
Week 10:
Dutch book arguments.
Hajek, A. (2009). Dutch Book Arguments. APP.
Kennedy, R. & Chihara, C. (1979) The Dutch book argument: Its logical flaws, its subjective sources. Philosophical Studies 36, 19-33.
Gilboa, I., Postlewaite, A. & Schmeidler, D. Synthese (2012) Rationality of belief or: why savage’s axioms are neither necessary nor sufficient for rationality
Week 11:
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.
Week 12:
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.
Week 13:
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.
Week 14:
Equality, Egalitarianism
Rawls, J. (2009). A theory of justice. Harvard university press. (selected excerpt)
Sen, A. (1979) Equality of what? Tanner lecture on human values.
Survey Articles:
Tungodden, B. (2009) Equality and Priority. APP.
Peter, F. (2009) Rawlsian Justice. APP.
Rawls, J. (2009). A theory of justice. Harvard University press.
Week 15:
Population Ethics
Derek Parfit (1986). Reasons and Persons. Oxford University Press.
Charles Blackorby, Walter Bossert, and David Donaldson.(2009). Population Ethics. APP.
Week 16:
Positive and Negative Liberty, Isaiah Berlin.
Berlin, I. (1958) “Two Concepts of Liberty.” In Isaiah Berlin (1969) Four Essays on Liberty. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Week 17:
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.
Mitchell, G. (2005). Libertarian paternalism is an oxymoron. Northwestern University Law Review, 99(3).
Survey Articles:
Dworkin, G. (2014) Paternalism, SEOP.
Hausman, D. M., & Welch, B. (2010). Debate: To Nudge or Not to Nudge. Journal of Political Philosophy, 18(1), 123-136. 
參考書目
 Hausman, D. M. (1992). The inexact and separate science of economics. Cambridge University Press.
Survey articles are drawn from the following books:

(SEOP) Salta, E. (2015) The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University.
(ASS1) Arrow, K. J., Sen, A., & Suzumura, K. (Eds.). (2002). Handbook of Social Choice & Welfare (Vol. 1). North Holland.
(ASS2) Arrow, K. J., Sen, A., & Suzumura, K. (Eds.). (2010). Handbook of Social Choice & Welfare (Vol. 2). Elsevier.
(APP) Anand, P., Pattanaik, P.K., & Puppe, C. (2009) Handbook of Rational and Social Choice. Oxford University Press.
(DH) Hausman, D. M. (Ed.). (1994). The philosophy of economics: an anthology. Cambridge University Press. 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
  
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
 Short essays 
15% 
  
2. 
 Class Participation (active participation in discussions) 
25% 
  
3. 
 Presentations 
25% 
  
4. 
 Final Paper (10 pages maximum length) 
35% 
  
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
 2/28  Introduction 
第2週
 3/07  Academic Writing 
第3週
 3/14  Falsifiability and Paradigm shifts 
第4週
 3/21  Laws of Nature in Economics 
第5週
 3/28  Causation 
第6週
 4/04  Assumptions 
第7週
 4/11  Spring Vacation 
第8週
 4/18  Rationality 
第9週
 4/25  Mid Term (no class) 
第10週
 5/02  Dutch book arguments 
第11週
 5/09  Social Choice 
第12週
 5/16  Utilitarianism 
第13週
 5/23  Voting 
第14週
 5/30  Equality 
第15週
 6/06  Population Ethics 
第16週
 6/13  Freedom 
第17週
 6/20  Paternalism