Juraj Halas

Juraj Halas is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Logic and Methodology of Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University. His work focuses on the philosophy of social sciences, critical theory, and methodological aspects of Karl Marx's political economy.

• Education:
  • PhD in Systematic Philosophy (2009–2013), Comenius University
  • Master's in Philosophy (2004–2009), Comenius University

Halas investigates abstraction, idealization, and their application in social sciences and humanities. His research spans critical social theory, Marxist epistemology, and philosophical methodology, with a focus on reconstructing Marx's critique of political economy and its relevance to modern disciplines.

He has contributed to projects like VEGA Idealization and Abstraction in Normative and Empirical Sciences (2023–2025) as Deputy Project Leader and APVV Semantics of Conditionals (2022–2026) as a co-investigator. His publications include monographs such as Metodológia kritickej sociálnej vedy (2013) and Abstrakcia a idealizácia (2016), alongside numerous scholarly articles and conference papers.

His work bridges Marxist theory, philosophy of science, and methodological debates, emphasizing how social sciences can produce critical insights into ideological and economic structures.