Reiss, Julian


Dr Julian Reiss  

Department

Position held

Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS)

Research Officer

Experience keywords:

econometrics; measurement; pharmaceutical policy; causal inference

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Dr Reiss is interested in theories of causation and methods of causal inference, in particular in the areas of economics and the biomedical sciences. He holds a PhD in the philosophy of economics, which investigates methods of measurement and abstraction and the way models apply to real economic phenomena.

Languages:

Arabic [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; French [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; German [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6086

Publications

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2013

Reiss, Julian (2013) Philosophy of Economics, History of. In: Kaldis, Byron , (ed.) Encyclopedia of philosophy and the social sciences. SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks (CA), USA. ISBN 9781412986892

2012

Reiss, Julian (2012) Counterfactuals. In: Kincaid, Harold, (ed.) Oxford handbook of the philosophy of social science. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 154-183. ISBN 9780195392753

2011

Reiss, Julian (2011) A plea for (good) simulations: nudging economics toward an experimental science. Simulation & gaming, 42 (2). pp. 243-264. ISSN 1046-8781

Reiss, Julian (2011) Third time’s a charm: causation, science and Wittgensteinian pluralism. In: Russo, Federica and Williamson, J. and McKay Illari, Phyllis, (eds.) Causality in the sciences. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 907-927. ISBN 9780199574131

Reiss, Julian (2011) Empirical evidence: its nature and sources. In: Jarvie , Ian and Zamora Bonilla, Jesus, (eds.) Handbook of the philosophy of social sciences. SAGE Publications, California, U.S.A, pp. 551-576. ISBN 9781847874009

Reiss, Julian and Solomon, Miriam and Teira, David (2011) Mechanisms, continental approaches, trials, and evolutionary medicine: new work in the philosophy of medicine. Theoretical medicine and bioethics, 32 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1386-7415

McGoey, Linsey and Reiss, Julian and Wahlberg, Ayo (2011) The global health complex. BioSocieties, 6 (1). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1745-8552

Reiss, Julian (2011) 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). pp. 93-96. ISSN 1350-178X

2010

Reiss, Julian (2010) Evidence for use.

Reiss, Julian (2010) Simulation. In: Sandkühler, Hans Jörg, (ed.) Enzyklopädie Philosophie. Felix Meiner, Hamburg, Germany. ISBN 9783787319992

Reiss, Julian (2010) In favour of a millian proposal to reform biomedical research. Synthese, 177 (3). pp. 427-447. ISSN 0039-7857

Reiss, Julian (2010) Error in economics: the methodology of evidence-based economics. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415579728

2009

Reiss, Julian (2009) Counterfactuals though experiments, and singular causal analysis in history. Philosophy of science, 76 (5). pp. 712-723. ISSN 0031-8248

Reiss, Julian (2009) Error in economics: towards a more evidence-based methodology [rejoinder]. Economics and philosophy, 25 (02). pp. 210-215. ISSN 0266-2671

Reiss, Julian (2009) Was ware wenn....

Reiss, Julian (2009) Editorial and interview with Kevin Korb. The reasoner, 3 (2). pp. 1-3. ISSN 1757-0522

Reiss, Julian and Kitcher, Phillip (2009) Biomedical research, neglected diseases, and well-ordered science. Theoria, 24 (3). pp. 263-282. ISSN 0495-4548

Reiss, Julian (2009) Causation in the social sciences: evidence,inference, and purpose. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 39 (1). pp. 20-40. ISSN 0048-3931

2008

Reiss, Julian and Teira, David and Bonilla, Jesus (2008) What's new in the philosophy of the social sciences?: guest editors' introduction. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 38 (3). pp. 311-313. ISSN 0048-3931

Reiss, Julian (2008) Social capacities. In: Bovens, Luc and Hoefer, Carl and Hartmann, Stephan, (eds.) Nancy Cartwright’s philosophy of science. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 265-288. ISBN 9780415386005

2007

Reiss, Julian (2007) Do we need mechanisms in the social sciences? Philosophy of the social sciences, 37 (2). pp. 163-184. ISSN 1552-7441

Reiss, Julian (2007) Time series, nonsense correlations and the principle of the common cause. In: Russo, Federica and Williamson, Jon, (eds.) Causality and probability in the sciences . College Publications , London, UK, pp. 179-196. ISBN 1904987354

2006

Caldwell, Bruce and Reiss, Julian (2006) Hayek, logic, and the naturalistic fallacy. Journal of the history of economic thought, 28 (03). pp. 359-370. ISSN 1042-7716

Reiss, Julian (2006) Natural economic quantities and their measurement. In: Davis, John B., (ed.) Recent Developments In Economic Methodology. Edward Elgar , Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 9781843763529

2005

Reiss, Julian (2005) Causal instrumental variables and interventions. Philosophy of science, 72 (5). pp. 964-976. ISSN 0031-8248

Reiss, Julian (2005) Causality and economic methodology. In: Research in the history of economic thought and methodology: Vol. 23A a research annual . JAI Press: Elsevier Science Pub, London, UK, pp. 173-182. ISBN 9780762311644

Reiss, Julian (2005) La contingencia de las teorías de causación y explicación : comentarios sobre Paul Humphreys. Enrahonar: Quaderns de Filosofia , 37 pp. 35-44. ISSN 0211-402X

2004

Reiss, Julian (2004) Critical realism and the mainstream. Journal of Economic Methodology, 11 (3). pp. 321-327. ISSN 1350-178X

Reiss, Julian (2004) Evidence-based economics: issues and some preliminary answers. Analyse and kritik: zeitschrift fur sozialtheorie, 26 (2). pp. 346-363. ISSN 0171-5860

Reiss, Julian (2004) Uncertainty in econometrics: evaluating policy counterfactuals. In: Mooslechner, Peter and Schubert, Helene and Schutz, Martin, (eds.) Economic policy under uncertainty: the role of truth and accountability in policy advice. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 204-232. ISBN 9781843764854

2003

Reiss, Julian (2003) Practice ahead of theory: instrumental variables, natural experiments and inductivism in econometrics. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences, London School of Economics and Political Science., London, UK

Reiss, Julian and Cartwright, Nancy (2003) Uncertainty in econometrics: evaluating policy counterfactuals. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences, London School of Economics and Political Science., London, UK

2002

Reiss, Julian (2002) Causal inference in the abstract or seven myths about thought experiments. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences, London School of Economics and Political Science., London, UK

Reiss, Julian (2002) Scientific empiricism: a Baconian perspective. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2001

Reiss, Julian (2001) Natural economic quantities and their measurement. Journal of economic methodology, 8 (2). pp. 287-311. ISSN 1350-178x

2000

Reiss, Julian (2000) Mathematics in economics: Schmoller, Menger and Jevons. Journal of economic studies, 27 (4/5). pp. 477-491. ISSN 0144-3585

Reiss, Julian Explanation. In: The new palgrave dictionary of economics. . ISBN 9780333786765

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