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Nancy Cartwright Timeline

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  • Birth

    Born 24th June 1944. American philosopher of science.

  • Major Contribution.

    How the Laws of Physics Lie. Published by the Oxford University Press in 1983
    Cartwright’s major work in the philosophy of science links to the Stanford School where scientific practice is emphasized in character in an otherwise abstraction of scientific theories.

  • Major Contribution.

    Under Patrick Suppes, Peter Galison, John Dupre and Ian Hacking, Cartwright’s philosophy uses evidence-based research and focus in the formulation of informative policies and policy decisions. Furthermore, important contributions in Cartwright’s professional career include scientific models in the natural and social sciences, their objectivity and the unity of science as a discipline. She has also contributed to debates on the law of nature, casual inference and causation.

  • Major Contribution.

    In basic terms, the philosophy of science under Cartwright’s view takes an empiricism form that aligns to Neurath and Mill’s conceptualization of science which are concerned with how science achieves its successes and innovations in the world of metaphysical ad epistemological presuppositions.

  • Major Contribution.

    The need to understand these successes does not stem from skepticism and its underlying problems, nor induction or demarcation, but rather, a pragmatic stand in the observation and interventions made in science in solving daily problems. The connection between the reality of science and the existing causality in the quest for research-based derivatives and solutions is what intrigues her.

  • Major Contribution.

    Causation plays a fundamental part in scientific practice which is what drives Cartwright to her philosophy of science that reconfigures empiricism using insight, expertise and practice. The laws of nature fundamentally dictate the reconfiguration process as views in science intervene.

  • Major Works.

    Nature’s Capacities and Their Measurement

  • Major Works.

    The Dappled World: A Study of the Boundaries of Science

  • Major Works.

    Hunting Causes and Using Them: Approaches in Philosophy and Economics

  • The speaking voice of Nancy Cartwright Professor of Philosophy, from the BBC programme In Our Time.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nancy_Cartwright_BBC_Radio4_In_Our_Time_2_Jul_2009_b00lbsj3.flac

  • Major Works.

    Evidence Based Policy: A Practical Guide to Doing It Better, with Jeremy Hardie

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    Philosophy of Social Science: a new introduction, with Eleonora Montuschi

  • Major Works.

    Improving Child Safety: deliberation, judgment and empirical research, with Munro, E., Hardie, J. and Montuschi, E.

  • Major Works.

    Nature, the Artful Modeler: Lectures on Laws, Science, How Nature Arranges the World and How We Can Arrange It Better (The Paul Varus Lectures)