| Region: | Western philosophy |
| Era: | Contemporary philosophy |
| Chrysostomos Mantzavinos | |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Athens, Greece |
| Main Interests: | Philosophy of science, epistemology, social theory, political theory, institutions, naturalistic |
| Institutions: | University of Athens |
| Education: | University of Athens (B.A), University of Tübingen (PhD in Economics, 1992), (PhD in Philosophy, 2004) |
| Notable Ideas: | Explanatory Games, Methodological Unity of Science and Humanities, Cognitive Institutionalism, The Constitution of Science |
Chrysostomos Mantzavinos (born August 19, 1968) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Athens, Greece.[1] He is a member of the Academia Europaea[2] and of the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences.[3] He serves as a Correspondent Etranger at the Centre de Philosophie Contemporaine de la Sorbonne University[4] and as a Mercator Fellow at the DFG Research Training Group “Ethics[5] and Epistemology of Science” at Bielefeld University/Leibniz University Hannover.[6] Mantzavinos is best known for his work in institutional analysis, in hermeneutics and in philosophy of science.