Предпосылки возникновения британской экономической науки

Вестник Московского государственного областного университета. Серия: Философские науки. 2011. № 3. С. 188–194.

Вырская М. С.

This article is dedicated to the problem of the origin of economics. The socio-cultural conditions for the emergence of a new science are considered: the accumulated practical knowledge that accompanied the development of trade, industry, and eventually led to the emergence of a market economy; theoretical and practical knowledge from rich literary sources; the Ancient, Medieval and Modern Time philosophers interest in the ongoing economic processes, posing questions about these processes, revealing the problems of meaning and signifi cance of economic events for the society. The article especially focuses on the Scottish philosophers of the 17 and 18th centuries F. Hutcheson, D. Hume and A. Ferguson, the socio-economic views of the latter being of special importance as well as the views of Adam Smith, whose ideas show close affi nity between the thinkers.

Keywords: промышленное производство, экономическая наука, просвещение, философия, economics, philosophy, Шотландия, enlightenment, Scotland, commercial society, industrial construction, коммерческое общество