Julian Reiss

Associate Professor

Faculty of Philosophy

Erasmus University

P.O. Box 1738

3000 DR Rotterdam

email (work): reiss«at»fwb.eur.nl

email (permanent): julian«at»jreiss.org

phone +31 10 408 8962

fax +31 10 408 9030

➝ printable version: CV_Julian_Reiss.pdf

AOS: Philosophy of Science, History and Philosophy of Economics, Philosophy of Medicine

AOC: History of Modern Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Econometrics, Finance

Publications

Books/Journal Issues

(a) Authored

1. •Causality Between Metaphysics and Methods, London: Routledge (under contract for the Routledge series Studies in the Philosophy of Science)
   

2. •The Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction, New York: Routledge (under contract)
   

3. •Error in Economics: The Methodology of Evidence-Based Economics, London: Routledge (2008)
   

4. •Review by Kevin Hoover, “How can economics be an inductive science”, Economics and Philosophy 25(2), 2009, 202-6
   

5. •Review by Aris Spanos, “Error in economics and the error statistical approach”, Economics and Philosophy 25(2), 2009, 206-10
   

6. •Review by David Teira, “Measurement and value judgements in economics”, Economics and Philosophy 25(2), 2009, 199-202
   

7. •Review by John Gerring, Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 3(1): 89-92
   

8. •Review by Harold Kincaid, “Making philosophy of economics relevant”, Journal of Economic Methodology 18(1), 2011, 79-81
   

9. •Review by Francesco Guala, “Theory-centrism in experimental economics”, Journal of Economic Methodology 18(1), 2011, 83-6
   

10. •Review by John DiNardo, “Comments on 'Error in Economics: Toward a More Evidence-Based Methodology' by Julian Reiss”, Journal of Economic Methodology 18(1), 2011, 87-92
    

(b) Edited

1. •Causality in the Biomedical and Social Sciences, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science C (with Phyllis McKay Illari and Federica Russo)
   

2. •The Health Complex: Progress and Pathologies in Global Health Funding and Governance, special issue of BioSocieties 6(1), 2011, with Linsey McGoey and Ayo Wahlberg
   

3. •New Work in the Philosophy of Medicine, special issue of Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 32(1), 2011, with Miriam Solomon and David Teira
   

4. •What’s New in The Philosophy of Social Science?, special issue of Philosophy of the Social Sciences 38(8), 2008, with David Teira and Jesús Zamora Bonilla
   

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

forthcoming

1. •“Causation Isn’t Contrastive, It’s Contextual”, Philosophy Compass
   

2. •“Causation in the Sciences: An Inferentialist Approach”, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science C
   

2012

1. •“The Explanation Paradox”, Journal of Economic Methodology 19(1): 43-62
   

2011

1. •“Theory, generalisations from cases and methodological maxims in evidence-based economics: Responses to the reviews by DiNardo, Guala and Kincaid”, Journal of Economic Methodology 18(1), 93-6
   

2. •“A Plea for (Good) Simulations: Nudging Economics Toward an Experimental Science”, Simulation & Gaming 42(2): 243-64
   

3. •“The global health complex”, BioSocieties (with Linsey McGoey and Ayo Wahlberg)
   

4. •“Mechanisms, continental approaches, trials, and evolutionary medicine: New work in the philosophy of medicine”, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 32(1): 1-4 (with David Teira and Miriam Solomon)
   

2010

1. •“In Favour of a Millian Proposal to Reform Biomedical Research”, Synthese 177(3): 427-47
   

2009

1. •“Biomedical Research, Neglected Diseases, and Well-Ordered Science”, Theoria 24(3): 263-82 (with Philip Kitcher)
   

2. •“Counterfactuals, Thought Experiments and Singular Causal Inference in History”, Philosophy of Science 76(5): 712-23
   

3. •“The Philosophy of Simulation: How New Topics or Same Old Stew?”, Synthese 169(3): 593-613 (with Roman Frigg)
   

4. •“Causation in the Social Sciences: Evidence, Inference, Purpose”, Philosophy of the Social Sciences 39(1): 20-40
   

5. •“Rejoinder” (to a review symposium of Error in Economics by Kevin Hoover, Aris Spanos and David Teira), Economics and Philosophy 25(2): 210-5
   

2008

1. •“What’s New in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences?: Guest Editors’ Introduction”, Philosophy of the Social Sciences 38(3): 311-3
   

2000-7

1. •“Do We Need Mechanisms in the Social Sciences?”, Philosophy of the Social Sciences 37(2), 163-184 (2007)
   

2. •(with Bruce Caldwell) “Hayek, Logic and the Naturalistic Fallacy”, Journal of the History of Economic Thought 28: 359-70 (2006)
   

3. •“Causal Instrumental Variables and Interventions”, Philosophy of Science 72 (PSA 2004): 964-76 (2005)
   

4. •“Evidence-Based Economics: Issues and Some Preliminary Answers”, Analyse & Kritik 26, 346-63 (2004)
   

5. •“Natural Economic Quantities and Their Measurement”, Journal of Economic Methodology 8(2): 287-311 (2001)
   

6. •“Mathematics in Economics: Schmoller, Menger and Jevons”, Journal of Economic Studies 27(4-5): 477-491 (2000)
   

Contributions to books

forthcoming

1. •“Genealogical Thought Experiments in Economics”, Thought Experiments in Science, Philosophy, and the Arts (ed. by James Robert Brown, Mélanie Frappier and Letitia Meynell), London: Routledge
   

2. •“Causality, Impartiality and Evidence-Based Policy”, Towards the Methodological Turn in the Philosophy of Science: Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics (ed. by Hsiang-Ke Chao, Szu-Ting Chen and Roberta Millstein), New York (NY): Springer (with David Teira)
   

3. •“Philosophy of Economics, History of”, Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences (ed. by Byron Kaldis), Thousand Oaks (CA): SAGE Publications
   

4. •“Counterfactuals”, Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Social Science (ed. by Harold Kincaid), Oxford: OUP
   

5. •“Mäki on Models”, Models, Simulations and the Reduction of Complexity (ed. by Jörg-Henning Wolf and Ulrich Gähde), Hamburg: DeGruyter
   

2011

1. •“Third Time’s a Charm: Causation, Science and Wittgensteinian Pluralism”, Causality in the Sciences, (ed. by Phyllis McKay Illari, Federica Russo and Jon Williamson), Oxford: OUP, 907-27
   

2. •“Empirical Evidence: Its Nature and Sources”, Handbook of Philosophy of Social Science (ed. by Ian Jarvie and Jesús Zamora Bonilla), SAGE, 551-76
   

2010

1. •“Simulation”, in Enzyklopädie Philosophie (2nd edition, ed. by Hans Jörg Sandkühler), Hamburg: Felix Meiner
   

2008

1. •“Explanation”, New Palgrave’s Dictionary of Economics (ed. by Larry Blume and Steve Durlauf), Palgrave Macmillan
   

2. •“Social Capacities”, Nancy Cartwright’s Philosophy of Science (ed. by Stephan Hartmann and Luc Bovens), London: Routledge, 265-88
   

2004-7

1. •“Time Series, Nonsense Correlations and the Principle of the Common Cause”, Causality and Probability in the Sciences (ed. by Federica Russo and Jon Williamson), London: College Publications, 179-96 (2007)
   

2. •Reprint of "Natural Economic Quantities and Their Measurement", Recent Developments in Economic Methodology (ed. by John Davis), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (2006)
   

3. •“The Contingency of Theories of Causality: Comments on Paul Humphreys” (in Spanish), Enrahonar: Quaderns de Filosofìa 37 (special issue Causalidad y Explicación: En Homenaje a Wesley Salmon, ed. by Carl Hoefer and José Diez), Barcelona: The Autonomous University Press, 35-44 (2005)
   

4. •“Causality and Economic Methodology”, Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology 23-A: 173-82 (2005)
   

5. •(with Nancy Cartwright) “Uncertainty in Econometrics: Evaluating Policy Counterfactuals”, Economic Policy Making under Uncertainty: The Role of Truth and Accountability in Policy Advice (ed. by Peter Mooslechner, Helene Schubert and Martin Schütz), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 204-32 (2004)
   

Other (book reviews, newspaper and magazine articles etc.)

1. •“Evidence for use”, History of Economics Playground (Blog), December 13, 2010
   

2. •“The methodology of positive economics: Reflections on the Milton Friedman legacy, ed. Uskali Mäki. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009”, Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 3(2), 103-110 (book review)
   

3. •“Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science, Daniel P. Steel. Oxford University Press, 2007”, Economics and Philosophy 26(03): 382-90 (book review)
   

4. •“Was wäre wenn...”, der Freitag, 16.06.2009 (Newspaper article on thought experiments in history, in German)
   

5. •“Editorial” and “Interview with Kevin Korb”, The Reasoner 3(2): 1-3 (2009)
   

6. •“Bernt Stigum’s Econometrics and the Philosophy of Economics”, Journal of Economic Methodology 14(2), 254-62, 2007 (book review)
   

7. •“Lawrence Boland’s Foundations of Economic Method”, History of Political Economy 38(2), 404-6 (book review), 2006
   

8. •“Kevin Hoover’s The Methodology of Empirical Macroeconomics”, Economics and Philosophy, 2005
   

9. •“Critical Realism and the Mainstream”, Journal of Economic Methodology 11(3), 321-7 (contribution to a review symposium on Tony Lawson’s Reorienting Economics), 2004
   

10. •“Geoffrey Hodgson’s How Economics Forgot History”, EH.Net. (available from: http://www.eh.net/bookreviews/library/0567.shtml)
    

11. •(with Nancy Cartwright) “Uncertainty in Econometrics: Evaluating Policy Counterfactuals”, Causality: Metaphysics and Methods Technical Reports CTR 11/03, CPNSS, LSE
    

12. •“Practice Ahead of Theory: Instrumental Variables, Natural Experiments and Inductivism in Econometrics”, Causality: Metaphysics and Methods Technical Reports CTR 12/03, CPNSS, LSE
    

13. •“Causal Inference in the Abstract or Seven Myths About Thought Experiments”, Causality: Metaphysics and Methods Technical Reports CTR 03/02, CPNSS, LSE
    

14. •“Scientific Empiricism: A Baconian Perspective”, Causality: Metaphysics and Methods Technical Reports CTR 04/02, CPNSS, LSE
    

Honours

1. •Grant ‘Research in Paris’, September 2011-February 2012
   

2. •International Research Prize 2009 of the Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam
   

3. •PhD Scholarship of the German Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation, 1997-2000
   

Education

1. •1996-2002: PhD, Philosophy, London School of Economics
   Supervisors: Nancy Cartwright and Mary Morgan
   Examiners: Roger Backhouse and Gabriel Segal
   

2. •1991-1996: MSc Economics and Finance, University of St Gallen, Switzerland (average grade 5.19 of 6)
   

3. •1994 Exchange Semester at Ecole des Hautes Etudes (HEC Paris), Jouy-en-Josas, France (grade 5.5 of 6)
   

 

Past Teaching/Research Positions

1. •1/2005-8/2007: Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow, Complutense University, Madrid
   

2. •6-12/2004: Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Columbia University, on the research project “Toward a Well-Ordered Science in Biomedical Research”
   

3. •2001-4: Senior Researcher, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, LSE, research officer on the AHRB-funded project “Causality: Metaphysics and Methods”
   

4. •2002: Teaching fellow, LSE, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
   

5. •2000-1: Temporary lecturer, LSE, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, teaching  (undergraduate lectures); administrative duties (assistance in the subject review process, library representative, undergraduate admissions, examination and extended essay grading)
   

6. •1998-2001: Part-time teacher, LSE, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
   

 

Other Academic Positions

1. •2001-2002: Research Co-ordinator for CPNSS research project Measurement in Physics and Economics, London School of Economics
   

2. •1998-2001: Research Assistant to Prof. Cartwright, LSE
   

3. •1995-1996: Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Jörg Baumberger, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (main areas of work: research in real estate economics, finance and public finance, preparation of lectures, examinations grading)
   

Other academic activities

(a) Conference organisation/OC membership

1. •Philosophy of Science Association 2010, Montréal, November 2010
   

2. •CiBaSS (Causality in Biomedical and Social Sciences), Erasmus University, October 2010
   

3. •Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable, Erasmus University, October 2009
   

4. •Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice biennial conference, Minneapolis, June 2009
   

5. •The Science and Politics of Neglected-Disease Research: Philosophical, Bioethical and Sociological Perspectives on International Health Inequalities, Geneva, December 2008
   

6. •Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope?, Erasmus University, November 2008
   

7. •International Network for Economic Methodology conference, Madrid, September 2008
   

8. •European Philosophy of Science Association conference, Complutense University Madrid, November (committee member until August, 2007)
   

9. •Evidence in Biomedical Research workshop, Autonomous University Madrid, October 2007
   

10. •Complutense-UNED Workshop in the Philosophy of Medicine, Complutense University, April
    

11. •Causality: Metaphysics and Methods Annual Conference, June 2004
    

12. •Workshop and Panel Discussion with Amartya Sen, Lord Richard Layard and Sir Michael Marmot on “Health and Happiness”, May 2003
    

13. •Causality: Metaphysics and Methods Annual Conference, July 2003
    

14. •Causality: Metaphysics and Methods Annual Conference, June 2002
    

(b) Board Memberships and Associations

1. •Research associate, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics (CPNSS)
   

2. •Board, Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE)
   

3. •Editorial board, Philosophy of Science
   

4. •Editorial board, Journal of Economic Methodology
   

5. •Editorial board, The Reasoner
   

6. •Editorial board, Lato Sensu: Revue de la Société de Philosophie des Sciences
   

7. •Advisory board, The SAGE Handbook of the Philosophy of Social Science
   

8. •Academic advisor, Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics
   

9. •Steering committee, Causality in the Sciences (conference series)
   

10. •Committee member, The International Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable
    

11. •Executive committee, International Network for Economic Method
    

(c) Refereeing

1. •Cambridge Journal of Economics, Economics and Philosophy, European Journal for Philosophy of Science, Erkenntnis, International Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Synthèse, Studia Philosophica Estonica, Theoria, Journal of Economic Methodology, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine, Journal of Applied Logic, Cognitio, European Journal of Law and Economics
   

2. •Harvard University Press, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, MIT Press, University of Michigan Press, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan