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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
Programa
| Friday, 19 March |
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10:15-10:30
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Opening Session
José Reis
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10:30-12:45
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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
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12:45-14:15
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Lunch
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14:15-15:30
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Keynote address
Ricardo Crespo
Practical Reasoning in Economic Affairs: The HD Index as a Case Study
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15:30-17:00
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Realism and normativity in economics and political philosophy
Nuno Martins
Ethics, Ontology and Economics
Mathias Thaler
On the relationship between realism, normativity and critique: Some thoughts about Raymond Geuss’s political philosophy
Discussant: João Cardoso Rosas
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17:00-17:30
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Coffee-break
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17:30-18:45
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Keynote address
Sheila C. Dow
Economics and Moral Sentiments: The Case of Moral Hazard
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Saturday, 20 March
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9:30-11:00
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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
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11:00-11:30
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Coffee-break
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11:30-13:00
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João Gata
Economic Science and Competition Policy: a fruitful relationship?
João Arriscado Nunes
Steps to a new political economy of life and health
Discussant: José Castro Caldas
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13:00
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Closure
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