Julian Reiss

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Julian Reiss (born February 11, 1972 ) is a German philosopher and economist . His research focus is on the philosophy of economics.

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Reiss grew up in Hamburg-Blankenese . He studied economics and finance at the University of St. Gallen and then did his doctorate in philosophy at the London School of Economics , where he a. a. was supervised by Nancy Cartwright .

Reiss taught a. a. at the London School of Economics, Columbia University (as visiting scholar), Erasmus University Rotterdam . Since 2013 he has taught at the University of Durham . There he was also co-director of the Center for Humanities Engaging Science and Society .

In his work as a philosopher of economics, he analyzes and criticizes the philosophical foundations of economics . He is the author of one of the few comprehensive books on the subject ( Philosophy of Economics , 2013).

In October 2019, Reiss moved to the Institute for Philosophy and Philosophy of Science at the Johannes Kepler University Linz .

Works

  • Error in Economics: Towards a More Evidence-Based Methodology . Routledge, New York, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-415-57972-8 .
  • Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction . Routledge, New York, London 2013, ISBN 978-0-415-88117-3 .
  • Causation, Evidence, and Inference . Routledge, New York, London 2015, ISBN 978-0415394222 .
  • Hsiang-Ke Chao, Julian Reiss (Eds.): Philosophy of Science in Practice: Nancy Cartwright and the Nature of Scientific Reasoning . Springer, Dordrecht 2016, ISBN 978-3-319-45530-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry at the Library of Congress
  2. ↑ Yvonne Weiß: Met on the way. Hamburger Abendblatt , February 22, 2014, accessed on May 1, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Reiss, Julian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1972