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Atrakcyjność projektu metodologii praktycznej i epistemologii cnoty dla badań historyczno-gospodarczych

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Bębnowski D., University of Lodz, damian.beben@wp.pl
Annales. Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym
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2015
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vol. 18
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issue 3
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Ewa Domańska, Professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) and Stanford University (USA), historian of historiography and methodologist of history, formulated interesting comments about the state of humanities and social sciences. The development of interdisciplinary research causes the interpenetration of different disciplines. Although this kind of research is promising, inspiring as well as influencing the development of science, careless research may cause some threats in the longer term. According to Domańska, the lack of qualifications and reliability in this area (especially in the area of theory and methodology) undermines the authonomy of the main disciplines and decline in the professionalism of research. This led the author to create the project, which aims to defend the independence of the threatened disciplines as well as their ‘re-professionalisation’. It can be achieved by strongly emphasizing the role of theory in science; a strong embeddement of a discipline in the theory. Domańska’s concept can be a recipe, which is a dichotomic project. Firstly, it supposes a ‘practical methodology’, which is a constructing of the theory thanks to empirical research material. Secondly, it supposes a ‘virtue epistemology’, which is the ethical aspect of the researcher’s attitude and his work. The aim of the paper is to discuss Domańska’s project and underline the originality of her concept in the context of economic and social sciences. The economic history is a specific discipline which develops at the crossroad of history and economics. It lets me put forward the thesis that Domańska’s suggestions are relevant to the research of economic history. I will show what cognitive chances are the result of the ontology of economic history. I will question what the possible threats are for the main disciplines (history and economics) as a result of the lack of professionalism in the interdisciplinary research of the economic past, and ask if Domańska’s project is attractive for the economic history research thanks to the strong setting in the ‘practical methodology’ in the theory. I also ask what the role of new theoretical approaches in that area is, and whether it is possible to formulate innovatory conceptions in the economic history. Finally, I question the role of ‘virtue epistemology’ or the ethical aspect of an economic historian’s work.
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The attractiveness of the project of practical methodology and virtue epistemology for the economic history research

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Bębnowski D.
Annales. Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym
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2017
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vol. 20
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issue 5
107-125
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Ewa Domańska, a distinguished historian of historiography and the methodologist of history, has provided an insightful commentary on the state of humanities and social sciences. The development of interdisciplinary research in social sciences and humanities has resulted in varying outcomes and interpenetrations. Interdisciplinary research helps the development of science. However, studies undertaken with less rigor may pose some threats into the long term. According to Domańska, the lack of qualifications and care (especially with respect to theory and methodology) may undermine the autonomy of a disciplines and the credibility of research in the given field. This timely warning prompted the author to create the project with the aim to assert the independence of the threatened disciplines and to “re-professionalize” these areas of study. This is to be achieved by emphasizing the role of theory in science-a strong embeddedness of a discipline in the theory. Domańska’s concept, in the form of a dichotomous project, seems to be a recipe for achieving this goal. It presupposes, on the one hand, a “practical methodology”, i.e. constructing the theory basing on empirical research material, and on the other hand the so-called “virtue epistemology”, which stresses an ethical aspect of the researcher’s attitude and labour. The aim of the paper is to discuss Domańska’s project and to draw attention to the originality of her concept in the context of economic and social sciences. The economic history is a peculiar discipline founded at the intersection of history and economics. Thus, it is possible to put forward the thesis that Domańska’s suggestions are relevant to the research of economic history. The author will seek to determine what cognitive opportunities arise from the ontology of economic history and their potential threats to the main disciplines of history and economics. The article will also examine if Domańska’s project is appropriate for the economic history research as it is deeply embedded in “practical methodology”, and so in theory. Next, the author aims to consider the role of new theoretical approaches in this field, and whether it is possible to formulate novel concepts within the scope of the economic history. Finally, the author will attempt to assess the significance of “virtue epistemology” or the ethical aspect of an economic historian’s work.
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Economics as an Empirical Science

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Czarny B.
Warsaw Forum of Economic Sociology
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2010
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vol. 1
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issue 2
7-34
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The author seeks an answer to a complex question whether and on what conditions economy may be considered an empirical science. In the first part, basic epistemological and methodological issues along with the problems of rhetorical nature encountered by economists are discussed. In the next part peculiarities of economics are explored, in particular limited possibility of experimenting, uncertainty and generality of forecasts, how research and publication of results influence an object of research and the linkages between economics and human interests. Finally the future directions for economic research are debated, especially, the possible potential of experimental economics and observation, as well as whether and to what extent results of a research can be predicted.
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Do We Need New Methodology in Macroeconomics?

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Pacho W.
Warsaw Forum of Economic Sociology
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2010
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vol. 1
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issue 2
43-48
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The questions whether methodology employed by mainstream macroeconomics is sufficient and whether and in what extent innovative propositions in that field are in demand appears to of growing importance. In this article the concept of the role of representative agent for developments in economic science is thoroughly discussed. The strengths and deficiencies of the Representative Agent Model are examined.
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Slight Crisis of Mainstream Economics?

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Garbicz M.
Warsaw Forum of Economic Sociology
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2010
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vol. 1
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issue 2
35-41
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Is the neoclassical economic paradigm obsolete? For the past two decades huge number of new ideas and concepts in economic theory have emerged, so it seems that economics have reached a methodological turning point. The need for close interdisciplinary cooperation in researching subjects that have always been in the centre of interest by economists becomes evident.
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Imperializm ekonomii

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Murak J.
Ekonomia XXI Wieku
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2014
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issue 3(3)
113-126
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In this paper we present the economics imperialism as an attempt to unify social sciences to the theory of economics. We show a lot of definitions of this phenomenon which are proposed in literature, but we point out that to some extent all highlight the issues of crossing of traditional boundaries of economics. Therefore, the definitions often accentuate an aggressive character of this process. In the next step, we present factors which allowed the emergence of the economics imperialism, such as the definition of economics proposed by Robbins, definitions of other social sciences and political factors. However, in the opinion of lot of researchers it was the unification of the science idea, as one of the “purest” goals of the scientific theorizing which was the most important. The influence of the last factor was reinforced also by the failure in finding of microfundaments of macroeconomics, that means internal unification of the economics. Trying to find an evidence of their advantage over heterodox schools, orthodox economists using tools, assumptions and methods which were characterisitc for them, started to analyse different non-market behaviours of people. We also distinguish two criteria of economics imperialism division. The first criterion concerns the subject of research or, in other words, a level of an analysis, so we distinguish the “into” and the “outside” economics imperialism. The aim of the “into” economics imperialism is to depart from traditional economic units and the analysis what these units are composed of and how they function, whereas the “outside” imperialism studies the phenomena of making decisions, which are not directly related to formal markets. The second criterion distinguishes the economics imperialism on the basis of methodologies. The old economics imperialism (the name of which arises from the fact that it was chronologically first, but this type of research is being continued) uses a methodology of the neoclassical economics, with the assumption of stability of preferences or effectiveness and market balance. Thus all areas of life are analysed as if they were markets. The main representative is G.S. Becker, who analyzed law this way. On the other hand the new economics imperialism is related to new institutional economics and its methodological approach. Thus, different behaviours of people are treated as a response to imperfections of markets. The main advocate of this approach is B. Fine. In the last part of the work we show that despite some success of economics imperialism such as finding new correlations or explaining some behaviours, it is criticised. Most of the criticism is related to the lack of satisfying the conditions of reasonable unification of science according to which first, a new, unified theory should explain all problems, which are explained by earlier theories and, second, phenomena which are discussed by this theory should result from the impact of the same real factors on them. Thus, t
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Some Reflections on the New Challenges Facing the Modern State

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Bochańczyk-Kupka D., Pęciak R.
Argumenta Oeconomica Cracoviensia
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2019
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issue 1(20)
23-37
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The debate among economists over the scope of state intervention in economic processes has a long history. After periods in which laissez-faire theories were dominant, views that promoted the active participation of the state in economic life increasingly came to the fore. Economic theory and business practice, both subject to fluctuations, have sometimes preferred the first approach and sometimes the second. The modern state operates in an increasingly globalized, dynamic, and turbulent environment. This changeable environment, the diversity of development levels, and the emergence of new institutions urge a redefinition of its role in modern economies. This paper contributes to the debate on the challenges and economic role of modern state and identifies some of those challenges.
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Spór ekonomistów dotyczący zakresu interwencji państwa w procesy gospodarcze trwa od dawna. Po okresach dominacji teorii leseferystycznych następuje wzrost znaczenia nurtów promujących aktywny udział państwa w życiu gospodarczym. Teoria ekonomiczna i praktyka gospodarcza, poddawane fluktuacjom, preferują raz jedno, raz drugie podejście. Współczesne państwo działa w coraz bardziej zglobalizowanym, dynamicznym i turbulentnym otoczeniu. Konieczność redefinicji roli państwa wynika z dynamiki współczesnych procesów gospodarczych, zróżnicowania poziomów rozwoju społeczno-gospodarczego czy też wyłaniania się nowych instytucji. Artykuł stanowi głos w dyskusji dotyczącej dylematów związanych z ekonomiczną rolą państwa, a także wskazuje niektóre wyzwania stające przez współczesnym państwem.
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