Tony Lawson

Tony Lawson
Tony Lawson at the Institute for New Economic Thinking in 2010
Lawson in 2010
Born
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolCritical realism
Main interests
Philosophy of economics, ontology, ethics, gender
Notable ideas
Social positioning theory, critical ethical naturalism, contrast explanation
WebsiteHomepage at University of Cambridge
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Tony Lawson is a British philosopher and economist. He is professor of economics and philosophy in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge.[1] He is a co-editor of the Cambridge Journal of Economics,[2] a former director of the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies, and co-founder of the Cambridge Realist Workshop and the Cambridge Social Ontology Group.[3] Lawson is noted for his contributions to heterodox economics and to philosophical issues in social theorising, most especially to social ontology.[4]

  1. ^ Administrator (9 December 2016). "Professor Tony Lawson". www.econ.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Editorial_Board". Cambridge Journal of Economics. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. ^ Pratten, Stephen (2015). Social Ontology and Modern Economics. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415858304. OCLC 891449934.
  4. ^ Ontology and economics: Tony Lawson and his critics. Fullbrook, Edward. New York: Routledge. 2009. ISBN 978-0203888773. OCLC 227191562.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)