Nadia Ruiz, PhD

Employment 

2022– Stanford University, Department of Philosophy Desai Family Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Education

2015-2022 PhD, Philosophy, University of Kansas
Thesis: Methodology and Microfoundations: A New Argument for an Autonomous Macroeconomics ––advisor, Armin Schulz.

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2020-Spring Visiting Graduate Student, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics.

Sponsor: Johanna Thoma.

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2017 MA, Philosophy, University of Kansas
Thesis: A Defense of Folk Psychological Concepts in Economic Models of Decision-Making. (Honors)––advisor, Armin Schulz.

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2013 MA, Philosophy, University of Texas at El Paso

2011 BS, Philosophy & Political Science, University of Texas at El Paso

Publications

Accepted Papers (Refereed Journal Articles)

2. “Microfoundations and Methodology: A Complexity-Based Preconception of the Debate” (with Armin Schulz), British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. (forthcoming). 

BJPS Short Read: http://www.thebsps.org/short-reads/ruiz-schulz-microfoundations/

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1. “Social Ontology and Model-Building: A Response to Epstein”, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 2021, 51(2), 175-192               

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Articles Under Review 

1. “More Methodology, Less Metaphysics: A Response to Hoover’s Argument Against Microfoundations”.

           (PSA 2020/2021 Poster Forum)                    

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Works In Progress

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1. “Economic Model Diversity and Policy Making”.

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2. "Economic Modeling and Policy Making: Epistemic and Non-Epistemic Constraints" .