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Nancy Cartwright (January 24, 1944- Present)

  • How the Laws of Physics Lie

    This book of Cartwright's consists of some of her most famous essays discussing the fundamentals laws of physics. This was a contribution to philosophy of science because she discusses natural science and argues that the fundamental laws do not explain regularities in nature. Cartwright, Nancy. How the Laws of Physics Lie. Clarendon Press, 2010.
  • Nature's Capacities and Their Measurements

    In this publication, Cartwright delves into the question of can capacities be measured? This book is focused towards the empiricist, which is someone who believes that all knowledge is based from experience derived from the senses. Cartwright, Nancy. Natures Capacities and Their Measurement. N.p.: Oxford UP, 1989. Print.
  • Otto Neurath: Philisophy Between Science and Politics.

    Nancy Cartwright worked with three other authors to create this publication of Otto Neurath. It is divided into three sections discussing one very distinguished scientist. This book goes into the background of his life in one part, his theory of science economically and socially, and then his own conception of science. Cartwright, Nancy. Otto Neurath: Philosophy between Science and Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2008. Print.
  • The Dappled World: A study of the Boundaries of Science

    This publication of Cartwright's brings up the thought of what if we lived in a scientific world only following a few rules and everything else is irregular. She questions what if we try to expand outside those confines. This opens the world of philosophy of science to greater questioning and theory. Cartwright, Nancy. The Dappled World: A Study of the Boundaries of Science. Cambridge: Cambridge U, 2010. Print.
  • Evidence Base Policy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZtT9J2vfps
    Here I provided a link to a YouTube video of Cartwright discussing some of her fairly recent research.