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"Philosophy of Education"

2010 year, number 3

THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASES OF UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR IN THE SPHERE OF ECONOMIC THEORY AND EDUCATION

Y. V. Belskaya
Keywords: еconomic theory, economic behavior, model of human behavior, economic subject, economic education
Pages: 77-82

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the economic theories evolution from the point of view of some basic concepts. These concepts (the main one is the human behavior hypothesis) are philosophical bases for the knowledge about the structure of economic way of life of the society. From the point of view of economic theory, a model of human behavior is a set of preconditions, hypotheses about his/her behavior. It is an instrument of analysis, an analytical scheme which is based on certain research ideas and allows evaluating the corresponding scientific program. The article shows the main characteristics of this model in modern economic theory and gives recommendations about how to develop the curriculum of economic higher education.