Daniel M. Hausman is the Herbert A. Simon and Hilldale Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research has centered on epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical issues lying at the boundaries between economics and philosophy. A co-founder of the journal, Economics and Philosophy, his most recent book is Preference, Value, Choice and Welfare, published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. In 2009, Hausman was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Hausman received a B.A. from Harvard College in 1969, an M.A.T. from New York University in 1971, a B.A. and M.A. from Cambridge University in 1973 and 1977 respectively, and an M.Phil and Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1975 and 1978 respectively.