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Birth
Nancy was born on June 24th 1944 in Pennsylvania. Her main studies focus on Philosophy and History of Science however, she has also worked in modelling, casual inference and casual powers just to name a few. -
Teaching
Nancy has taught at many universities, she has been a professor at Durham university, University of California. In the beginning of her career she taught at Stanford university focusing on Philosophy of natural sciences. -
contributions
Nancy has had many great contributions to the scientific community. Such as important studies on laws of nature, causation and causal inference, scientific models in the natural and social sciences. -
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Honors and awards
Nancy Cartwright has been honored as a very important member of the scientific community in many ways. Cartwright has served as the president of the Philosophy of Science Association as well as vice president. She has received awards such as the Martin R. Lebowitz Prize for Philosophical Achievement, as well as the Carl Gustav Hempel Award just to name a few.