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Birth
Nancy Cartwright has made contributions in the philosophy of economics as well as quantum physics. At present, she is arguing for a more pragmatic and relatable approach of using the data generated by scientists to make practical evidence-based policy decisions beneficial to society. https://youtu.be/Jx9KSlxReAs -
How the Laws of Physics Lie
This book brought Cartwright into international attention as she attempts to explain how the laws of physics are useful but not completely explanatory of the real world. The computations that physics entails are more of a simulacrum of reality than an exact description of the real world. -
Nature's Capacities and their Measurement
Cartwright published this book that illuminated evidence-based observation and inference in the pursuit of science discussing and relating data to causality and arguing for a pragmatic approach to research and development. -
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President, Philosophy of Science Association
Cartwright served as president of the Philosophy of Science Association in the succession of such contributors to the Philosophy of science as Henry Margeneau and Thomas Kuhn. -
Awarded the Carl Gustav Hempel Award
Cartwright was awarded the Hempel Award by the Philosophy of Science Association for lifetime contributions to the philosophy of science including contributions to philosophy of economics, philosophy of quantum mechanics and more recently evidence-based policy making and the influence of science on topics relevant to general society.
