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Margaret Schabas is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. Her research primarily focuses on the history and philosophy of economics, exploring how economic theory has evolved through interactions with various disciplines such as mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics. She aims to understand the historical and philosophical underpinnings that have shaped economics as a mathematical discipline and the governing laws of economic phenomena. Currently, Schabas is engaged in a scholarly study examining David Hume’s contributions to economics, along with a new project investigating the intersections between biology and economics in the development of the field of bioeconomics. With a substantial number of publications on these topics, her work contributes significantly to the discourse on the philosophical implications of economic theories and practices.
Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.