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Nancy Cartwright (philosopher) January 24, 1944 (age 76 years)

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    University of Maryland

    Nancy served as a faculty member.
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    Stanford University

    Nancy served as a faculty member.
  • How The Laws of Physics Lie (1983)

    How The Laws of Physics Lie (1983)
    How The Laws of Physics Lie (1983) Nancy Cartwright became widely known after publishing a collection of essays. She proposed, "...that the fundamental laws of physics did not state truths about the world." (Dupré) In her publication, Nancy writes, "I will argue that the falsehood of fundamental laws is a consequence of their great explanatory power." This is in direct contrast with the fundamentalists of science ideas'.
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    Note, the word 'Lie' used by Nancy does not mean lie, but is to further prove her point.
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    London School of Economics

    Nancy Cartwright actively serves as a, "...professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method." (Dupré)
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    University of California - San Diego

    Nancy is the, "professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California at San Diego" (Dupré)
  • Nancy Cartwright Philosophy of Science (2008)

    Nancy Cartwright Philosophy of Science (2008)
    Nancy Cartwright Philosophy of Science (2008) The collection of essays by Stephan Hartmann, Carl Hoefer, and Luc Bovens reviews Nancy Cartwrights ideas. Over the years Nancy has kept, "...a central component of Cartwright's view is that high-level theories do not directly represent physical systems and that instead the relation between theoretical laws, like Newton's laws or the Maxwell-Lorentz equations" (Hartmann)
  • Nancy Cartwright (video)

    An intro to Nancy The video is a brief to some of the ideas Nancy Cartwright brings to the table. video from
    London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)