Karl Milford (born 1950) is an Austrian

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

, emeritus professor of economics, and an associated member of the

Institute Vienna Circle The Institute Vienna Circle (IVC) ("Society for the Advancement of the Scientific World Conception") was founded in October 1991 as an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the work and influence of the Vienna Circle of Logical Empiri ...

and the Department of Social and Economic History at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

. He is the son of Peter Milford-Hilferding and grandson of

Rudolf Hilferding Rudolf Hilferding (; 10 August 1877 – 11 February 1941) was an Austrian-born Marxist economist, Socialism, socialist theorist,International Institute of Social History, ''Rudolf Hilferding Papers'': http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/h/1075 ...

. He has written extensively on the works

Karl Popper Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator. One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known for his rejection of the ...

and on epistemological views of

Carl Menger Carl Menger von Wolfensgrün (; ; 28 February 1840 – 26 February 1921) was an Austrian economist who contributed to the marginal theory of value. Menger is considered the founder of the Austrian school of economics. In building his margi ...

and other representatives of the

Austrian School of economics The Austrian school is a heterodox school of economic thought that advocates strict adherence to methodological individualism, the concept that social phenomena result primarily from the motivations and actions of individuals along with their ...

. He teaches

history of economics The history of economic thought is the study of the philosophies of the different thinkers and theories in the subjects that later became political economy and economics, from the ancient world to the present day. This field encompasses many d ...

philosophy of science Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. Amongst its central questions are the difference between science and non-science, the reliability of scientific theories, ...

and

philosophy of social science Philosophy of social science examines how social science integrates with other related scientific disciplines, which implies a rigorous, systematic endeavor to build and organize knowledge relevant to the interaction between individual people and ...

at the University of Vienna.

Selected works

* 1981: ''Normalsatzpositionen als Begründungsversuche der theoretischen Ökonomie'' * 1986: ''Zu den Lösungsversuchen des Induktionsproblems und des Abgrenzungsproblems bei Carl Menger'' * 2006: ''Karl Popper: A Centenary Assessment''; co-editor with Ian Jarvie and David W. Miller, Ashgate ::Volume I: ''Life and Times, and Values in a World of Facts''
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::Volume II: ''Metaphysics and Epistemology''
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::Volume III: ''Science''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Milford, Karl Living people 1950 births Academic staff of the University of Vienna Austrian economists