Teleology of Karel Engliš as philosophical basis of economic thinking

Czech economist and philosopher Karel Engliš (1880 - 1961) formulated the conception of three thinking orders: causal, teleological and normological. They are alternative instruments of knowledge and we use them for different aims. Every of them has specific system of concepts and it is not allowed to mix them from logic point of view. The teleological order of thinking is the basis for the economic decisions in the meaning of the Austrian school of boundary use. Engliš's philosophical position grows from the European rationalistic tradition, it is on the line between Kant and postpositivist historical school.

Keywords: teleology, thinking order, causality, norms, rationalistic philosophy, polylogical thinking