Abstract: Economic Philosophy is a new emerging frontier science，which is attracting great attention & interest from more and more people•This article，from different angles，delves further into the following elementary problems of the science：its connotation & orientation，economic methods in the field of philosophical vision，and the philosophical analysis of the essence of economic subjects•economic philosophy; methods of economic research; hypothesis of “rational economic person”; “moral person”;

Key words: economicphilosophy, methodsofeconomicresearch, hypothesisof“rationaleconomicperson”, “moralperson”