PX - What Philosophy can teach Economics and what Economics can teach Philosophy

Philosophy Exchange Podcast

English - March 17, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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What can philosophy and economics learn from each other? Despite close historical connections, the two disciplines have now largely diverged. Our conversation focuses on how insights from moral philosophy can enhance welfare economics, how philosophy of science can make experimental economics more robust, and why following economics’ lead in formalizing arguments with mathematics might be a good idea for philosophy.