Thomas Presskorn-Thygesen
Biographic Data
| ID | 342806 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Presskorn-Thygesen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Presskorn-Thygesen |
| SIGNATURE | PRESSKORN-THYGESEN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Copenhagen Business School |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4822-2820 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
On some antecedents of behavioural economics
Since its inception in the late 1970s, behavioural economics has gone from being an outlier to a widely recognized yet still contested subset of the economic sciences. One of the basic arguments in behavioural economics is that a more realistic psychology ought to inform economic theories. While the history of behavioural economics is often portrayed and articulated as spanning no more than a few decades, the practice of utilizing ideas from psyc…
W ittgenstein, L udwig
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was a British‐Austrian philosopher, widely considered one of most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. His early work played a significant role in twentieth‐century logical positivism while his later work has been a main methodological influence in the works of key social theorists such as Pierre Bourdieu, Jürgen Habermas, and Anthony Giddens. The entry briefly describes Wittgenstein's philosophy and…
Conspiracy Theory
The paper is a contribution to current debates about conspiracy theories within philosophy and cultural studies. Wittgenstein's understanding of language is invoked to analyse the epistemological effects of designating particular questions and explanations as a 'conspiracy theory'. It is demonstrated how such a designation relegates these questions and explanations beyond the realm of meaningful discourse. In addition, Agamben's concept of sovere…
Conspiracy Theory
The paper is a contribution to current debates about conspiracy theories within philosophy and cultural studies. Wittgenstein's understanding of language is invoked to analyse the epistemological effects of designating particular questions and explanations as a 'conspiracy theory'. It is demonstrated how such a designation relegates these questions and explanations beyond the realm of meaningful discourse. In addition, Agamben's concept of sovere…
On some antecedents of behavioural economics
Since its inception in the late 1970s, behavioural economics has gone from being an outlier to a widely recognized yet still contested subset of the economic sciences. One of the basic arguments in behavioural economics is that a more realistic psychology ought to inform economic theories. While the history of behavioural economics is often portrayed and articulated as spanning no more than a few decades, the practice of utilizing ideas from psyc…
W ittgenstein, L udwig
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was a British‐Austrian philosopher, widely considered one of most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. His early work played a significant role in twentieth‐century logical positivism while his later work has been a main methodological influence in the works of key social theorists such as Pierre Bourdieu, Jürgen Habermas, and Anthony Giddens. The entry briefly describes Wittgenstein's philosophy and…
Conspiracy Theory
The paper is a contribution to current debates about conspiracy theories within philosophy and cultural studies. Wittgenstein's understanding of language is invoked to analyse the epistemological effects of designating particular questions and explanations as a 'conspiracy theory'. It is demonstrated how such a designation relegates these questions and explanations beyond the realm of meaningful discourse. In addition, Agamben's concept of sovere…
On some antecedents of behavioural economics
Since its inception in the late 1970s, behavioural economics has gone from being an outlier to a widely recognized yet still contested subset of the economic sciences. One of the basic arguments in behavioural economics is that a more realistic psychology ought to inform economic theories. While the history of behavioural economics is often portrayed and articulated as spanning no more than a few decades, the practice of utilizing ideas from psyc…
Epistemology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Applied economics (1 works) · Behavioral economics (1 works) · Behavioural economics (1 works) · Chemistry (1 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (1 works) · Economic methodology (1 works) · Economic Theory and Institutions (1 works) · Economics (1 works)