Seminário 2nd CES International Seminar on the Foundations of Economics Facts, Values and Objectivity Centro de Estudos Sociais Colégio de S. Jerónimo, Coimbra 19-20 March 2010 Papers Opening Session José Reis Facts, values and objectivity: old debates revisited Luís Francisco Carvalho On the split between the ‘science’ and the ‘art’ of political economy: what can we learn from nineteenth-century controversies? José Castro Caldas / Vítor Neves The meaning of objectivity: what can we learn from Robbins and Myrdal? Ana C. Santos Facts, values, preferences and the aspiration to neutrality: Lessons from recent developments in economics Discussant: Nuno Martins Keynote address Ricardo Crespo Practical Reasoning in Economic Affairs: The HD Index as a Case Study Realism and normativity in economics and political philosophy Nuno Martins The Epistemic Values of Mainstream Economics Mathias Thaler Deep Contextualism and Radical Criticism: The Argument for a Division of Labor Discussant: João Cardoso Rosas Keynote address Sheila C. Dow Economics and Moral Sentiments: The Case of Moral Hazard Science in the public space Manuel Branco Economics against human rights Laura Centemeri The “conventional” objectivity of public space: how to think about the questionability of what we need to be unquestionable. Discussant: Vítor Neves João Gata Economic Science and Competition Policy: a fruitful relationship? João Arriscado Nunes Embodied expectations: the somatic subject and the changing political economy of life and health Discussant: José Castro Caldas