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Course Profiles

The curriculum comprises ten courses altogether:
- seven so-called core courses in philosophy and economics
- plus three courses in general philosophy, at least one to be taken from the area of  theoretical philosophy and one from practical philosophy.

Core Courses

The seven core courses are:

Core Course

Professor

Course code

ECS

Advanced Philosophy and Methodology of Economics

Prof.dr. J. Vromen,
Dr. C. Heilmann

FW-ERM7016

9

Current themes in Institutional and Evolutionary Economics

Prof.dr. J. Vromen

FW-ERM7020

9

The Culture of Economics

Prof.dr. A. Klamer

FW-ERM7022

7

Decision and Game Theory

Dr. C. Heilmann

FW-ERM7021

7

History of Economic Thought

Dr. Boumans

FW-ERM7005

7

Living Philosophical Insights from Dead Economists

Prof.dr. Hodgson

FW-ERM7018

7

Contemporary Theories of Justice

Prof.dr. I. Robeyns

FW-ERM7017

7

Advanced Philosophy Courses

Three advanced philosophy courses should be chosen from the following list,
at least one from theoretical and one from practical philosophy.

Theoretical Philosophy

Course

Lecturer

Course Code

ECS

Introduction to Social Choice Theory: Rationality

Prof.dr. H. de Swart

FW-MW4015

7

Logic and Philosophy of Science

Dr. C. Heilmann,
Dr. F.A. Muller

FW-WVW4021

7

Theoretical Philosophy: Language and Reality

Dr. F.A. Muller

FW-TF4006

7

Theoretical Philosophy: Philosophy of Matter

Dr. F.A. Muller

FW-TF4004

7

Practical Philosophy

Course

Lecturer

Course Code

ECS

Recent Debates in the Moral Psychology

Prof.dr. H.J. Pott

FW-PF4006

7

History of Philosophy

Course

Lecturer

Course Code

ECS

Spinoza as Political Thinker

Prof.dr. P. Steenbakkers

FW-HIS4015

7

To What Ends? Renaissance Moral Philosophy
and its Greek and Roman Sources

Prof.dr. J.A. van Ruler

FW-HIS4009

7

History and Philosophy of Early Modern Warfare

Dr. P. Schuurman

FW-HIS4014

7

Philosophical Anthropology

Course

Lecturer

Course Code

ECS

Art as Abstract Machine: the Aesthetics
of Deleuze and Guatari

Dr. S. van Tuinen

FW-WA4017

7

Wittgenstein’s later Philosophy

Drs. F. Schaeffer

FW-MIN4003

7

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The total course load is 74 (of 120) ecs. In addition, students are required to:
- participate and give a presentation in the Introductory workshop and attend a Skills workshop (5 ecs)
- follow the fortnightly PhD seminars and the EIPE research seminars throughout the two years (4 ecs)
- write a Research proposal (7 ecs)
- write a Masters thesis (30 ecs).

Course guide

In the course guide for the Research Master Philosophy and Economics, you can find descriptions, objectives and all other relevant details of the curriculum. The timetable contains the weekly scheduling of the courses.

Course guide Research Masters

Timetable Research Master

Contact

drs. Ticia Herold
Programme coordinator
tel: (010) 408 8967
e-mail: researchmasters@remove-this.fwb.eur.nl