Degrees

Commercial Engineer (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

M.A. in Economics (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

MSc in Philosophy of the Social Sciences (London School of Economics and Political Science)

PhD in History and Philosophy of Science (University of Cambridge)

Research interests

I specialise in philosophy of science, especially in the philosophy of the social sciences (including economics and parts of medicine). Both my PhD dissertation and my current research project focus on the challenges around quantitative measurement in the social sciences. I have also published on values in science and causal methods. I previously studied and did research in economics. See CV here.

Teaching Interests

General Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Social Sciences (including Economics); Philosophy of Medicine; Political Philosophy.

Academic awards and prizes

Emanuel Miller Prize: Best essay on Philosophy of the Behavioural Sciences, St John’s College, University of Cambridge (2022)

Emanuel Miller Prize: Best essay on Philosophy of the Behavioural Sciences, St John’s College, University of Cambridge (2020)

Gates Cambridge PhD Scholarship, Gates Cambridge Trust (2019)

The Hadden Prize: Best Graduate Paper, Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (2018)

The Imre Lakatos Prize: Best dissertation, MSc Philosophy of the Social Sciences, The London School of Economics (2016)

Becas Chile Scholarship for Masters, CONICYT, Chilean Government (2015)

Academic Excellence Award for Outstanding performance in the M.A. program, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2011)

Raul Yver Oxley Prize: Best graduating student in Economic track (Commercial Engineer), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2011)

Matrícula de Honor UC Prize: Ranked first among the cohort of Commercial Engineering (over 300 students), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2007)

Publications

In Philosophy of Science

Larroulet Philippi, C (2024) “Well-Being Measurements and the Linearity Assumption: A Response to Wodak”. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Vol 102,  Issue 2. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2023.2227642

Larroulet Philippi, C (Forthcoming-b) “Is Quantitative Measurement in the Human Sciences Doomed? On the Quantity Objection”. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/732604

Larroulet Philippi, C (Forthcoming-a) “Against Prohibition (Or, When Using Ordinal Scales to Compare Groups is OK)”. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/721759

Larroulet Philippi, C (2022) “There is Cause to Randomize”. Philosophy of Science, Vol 89, Issue 1, pp.152-170

Larroulet Philippi, C (2021) “On Measurement Scales: Neither Ordinal nor Interval?”. Philosophy of Science, Vol 88, Issue 5, pp. 929-939

Larroulet Philippi, C (2021) “Valid for What? On the Very Idea of Unconditional Validity”. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Vol 51, Issue 2, pp. 151-175

Larroulet Philippi, C (2020) “Well-Ordered Science's Basic Problem”. Philosophy of Science, Vol 87, Issue 2, 2020, pp. 365-375

In Economics and Public Health

Gallego, F, C Larroulet Philippi, A Repetto. “What's Behind Her Smile? Health, Looks, and Self-Esteem”. Accepted for publication at American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Cuesta, JI, F Gonzalez, and C Larroulet Philippi (2020) “Distorted Quality Signals in School Markets”. Journal of Development Economics, Vol 147, 102532

Gallego, F, L Palomer, C Larroulet Philippi, A Repetto, and D Verdugo (2017) “Socioeconomic Inequalities in Self Perceived Oral Health among Adults in Chile” International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol 16, 23