Karl Milford

Karl Milford (born 1950) is an Austrian economist, emeritus professor of economics, and an associated member of the Institute Vienna Circle and the Department of Social and Economic History at the University of Vienna.

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

He has written extensively on the works of Karl Popper and on the epistemological views of Carl Menger and other representatives of the Austrian School of economics. He teaches history of economics, philosophy of science and philosophy of social science 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. Description & Contents. Volume II: Metaphysics and Epistemology Description & Contents. Volume III: Science. Description & Contents.