Metaekonomia. Zagadnienia z filozofii ekonomii [Metaeconomics. Studies in the philosophy of economics]. Gorazda Marcin, Hardt Łukasz & Kwarciński Tomasz (eds) (Cracov, Copernicus Centre Press, 2016. (with a foreword by Uskali Mäki))
That there is a close relationship between the disciplines of economics and philosophy is no doubt for philosophers and historians of science. Economic methodology and theory are saturated with philosophical assumptions and ethical issues, whether economists readily admit them or not. Even more so, the close relationship between the two respective disciplines gains recognition within economics itself. One of the recent illustrations are the words of Jean Tirole, the laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences: “economics is fundamentally a moral and philosophical science, embedded in the larger social sciences” (Tirole 2017). These connections have been recognized earlier by many other economists, including Amartya Sen (1987) and Anthony B. Atkinson (2009).
On the currency of the marriage between philosophy and economics testifies the dynamic growth of philosophy of economics as a field in its own right. There is an established international community working on philosophy of economics. Associations, networks, research and teaching programs are growing in number all over the world. Simultaneously, an increased interest in the field of philosophy of economics is reflected in the appearance and development of national communities and projects in many countries worldwide. The publication of Metaeconomics. Studies in the Philosophy of Economics [called thereafter Metaekonomia], a first comprehensive textbook for a Polish readership, is a mark in the development of philosophy of economics in Poland…