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In Nancy Cartwrights work, "Casual Laws and Effective Strategies" (1979), she ponders on the idea that the connections between casual laws and effective strategies. She hypothesizes that "C causes E if and only if C increases the probability of E in every situation which is otherwise casually homogenous with respect to E." -
In her text, "How the Laws of Physics Lie", Cartwright challenged traditional views about the nature of scientific laws and ponders on a more subtle understanding for their place in explanation. Check out the link below for more information and to hear Cartwright speak on this topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx9KSlxReAs -
A depiction and exploration of philosophical capacities in scientific explanations. -
Here she talks about the implication of letting theories not be held to such constraints when being judged.