Philosophy of the Economy An Aristotelian Approach

This book develops a philosophical analysis of economic reality and economic science from an Aristotelian point of view. It is the result of many years of thinking and philosophical study about these topics. It differs from other philosophy of economics books as it also deals with economic reality (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crespo, Ricardo F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents
  • Analytical Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments.- I. Introduction: Why a Philosophy of the Economy and Why an Aristotelian Approach?
  • Part 1: “The Economic” and its Science: A Philosophical Approach
  • II. “The Economic”
  • III. Economic Science
  • IV. Characteristics and Methods of Economic Science
  • V. Economics and Ethics
  • VI. Models and Measurements
  • VII. Ideas on Economic Science and its Method over the Past Sixty Years
  • Phase I:  Traditional Orthodoxy
  • Phase II: “Mainstream Pluralism”
  • Part 2: Economic Activity
  • VIII. Economic Activities
  • IX. Human Labor
  • X. Capital and the Entrepreneurial Factor
  • XI. Global Crises and Globalization
  • XII. Concluding Remarks