Thomas Boylan

Thomas A. Boylan is an Irish economist associated with the University of Galway, where he has served as a professor and is described by publishers as Professor Emeritus of Economics. Sources for his books also describe his main interests as economic growth and development theory, applied econometrics, philosophy and methodology of economics, Post-Keynesian economics, and the history of Irish economic thought.

Across his writing and editing, he has often worked at the meeting point of economics and philosophy. With Paschal F. O'Gorman, he co-wrote and co-edited several books on economic methodology, including Beyond Rhetoric and Realism in Economics, Hahn and Economic Methodology, Popper and Economic Methodology, and Philosophy of Mathematics and Economics. These works show a long-running interest in how economists build arguments, use mathematics, and justify theory.

He has also helped bring Ireland's intellectual tradition in economics into clearer view. Boylan co-edited A History of Irish Economic Thought and earlier co-authored Political Economy and Colonial Ireland, reflecting a strong engagement with Irish economic history as well as contemporary debates in the discipline.