Tony Lawson | |
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 Lawson in 2010 | |
| Born | |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Critical realism |
Main interests | Philosophy of economics, ontology, ethics, gender |
Notable ideas | Social positioning theory, critical ethical naturalism, contrast explanation |
| Website | Homepage 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]
- ^ Administrator (9 December 2016). "Professor Tony Lawson". www.econ.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Editorial_Board". Cambridge Journal of Economics. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ Pratten, Stephen (2015). Social Ontology and Modern Economics. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415858304. OCLC 891449934.
- ^ Ontology and economics: Tony Lawson and his critics. Fullbrook, Edward. New York: Routledge. 2009. ISBN 978-0203888773. OCLC 227191562.
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