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Nancy Cartwright received her bachelors degree in mathematics.
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Received her Ph.D in philosophy. Source:
Smu.edu, 2014, www.smu.edu/news/archives/2012/commencement-citation-cartwright. Accessed 6 Sept. 2024.
“Nancy D. Cartwright.” Macfound.org, MacArthur Foundation, 2024, www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-1993/nancy-d-cartwright. -
From 1972 until 1973 Nancy Cartwright was a professor at the University of Maryland. Sources:
“Nancy D. Cartwright.” Macfound.org, MacArthur Foundation, 2024, www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-1993/nancy-d-cartwright.
Smu.edu, 2014, www.smu.edu/news/archives/2012/commencement-citation-cartwright. Accessed 6 Sept. 2024. -
Dr. Cartwright taught at Stanford University from 1973-1991. Source:
“Nancy D. Cartwright.” Macfound.org, MacArthur Foundation, 2024, www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-1993/nancy-d-cartwright.
Smu.edu, 2014, www.smu.edu/news/archives/2012/commencement-citation-cartwright. Accessed 6 Sept. 2024. -
“Challenges current trends in philosophical thought, rejecting the assumption that science is concerned with the articulation of natural laws.” “Nancy D. Cartwright.” Macfound.org, MacArthur Foundation, 2024, www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-1993/nancy-d-cartwright. -
Dr. Cartwright also became the head of the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science. Source:
Smu.edu, 2014, www.smu.edu/news/archives/2012/commencement-citation-cartwright. Accessed 6 Sept. 2024.
“Nancy D. Cartwright.” Macfound.org, MacArthur Foundation, 2024, www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-1993/nancy-d-cartwright. -
“Supposes that, as appearances suggest, we live in a dappled world, a world rich in different things, with different natures, behaving in different ways. The laws that describe this world are a patchwork, not a pyramid.” Source:
Cartwright, Nancy. “Introduction.” Cambridge University Press EBooks, 23 Sept. 1999, pp. 1–20, https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139167093.001. Accessed 18 May 2024.