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Born
Nancy Cartwright was born on June 24, 1944. She is an American philosopher of science and considered "one of the most influential philosophers of science writing today." Many of her contributions are focused on the relation of scientific theories for practical use. Bovens, Stephan Hartmann Carl Hoefer, Luc. “Nancy Cartwright’s Philosophy of Science.” Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/nancy-cartwright-s-philosophy-of-science. -
How the Laws of Physics Lie
In Nancy Cartwright's book, "How the Laws of Physics Lie," she defines and separates laws into theoretical and phenomenological. Theoretical laws describe instances within a set of bounds that are not necessarily found in reality. Whereas, Phenomenological laws describe empirical evidence. Cartwright, Nancy, How the Laws of Physics Lie (Oxford, 1983; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 Nov. 2003), https://doi.org/10.1093/0198247044.001.0001, accessed 6 Sept. 2023. -
The Dapple World: A Study of the Boundaries of Science
In Nancy Cartwright's "The Dapple World" she describes her views about causation. Unlike other theories on causation that focused on singular concepts, Cartwright asserts that there are many relations within different systems where causations can be found or molded to fit a theory. In this work, she showcases an opposition to fundamentalism. Cartwright, Nancy. The dappled world: a study of the boundaries of science. Cambridge University Press, 1999. -
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Philosophy of Science Association President
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Evidence-based Policy: A Practical Guide to Doing It Better
In the book "Evidence-based Policy," Nancy Cartwright analyzes the use of empirical evidence to support policy creation. In a 2011 LSE interview, Cartwright explains the premise of her research for this book and how it is based on her previous work in causality. LSE Philosophy: Nancy Cartwright Cartwright, Nancy, and Hardie, Jeremy. Evidence-Based Policy: A Practical Guide to Doing It Better. OUP USA, 2012. -
Martin R. Lebowitz Prize Recipient
Nancy Cartwright received the Martin R. Lebowitz Prize for Philosophical Achievement of the Phi Beta Kappa Society -
Awarded the Carl Gustave Hempel Award
Nancy Cartwright was awarded the Carl Gustav Hempel Award in 2018 by the Philosophy of Science Association. -
Nature, the Artful Modeler
In "Nature, the Artful Modeler," Nancy Cartwright dives deeper into how scientific laws represent reality without being reality and are used to build models for understanding. She further explores structure and how scientific knowledge, morals, and human structures (such as social and economic structures) intertwine. Cartwright, Nancy. Nature, the Artful Modeler: Lectures on Laws, Science, How Nature Arranges the World and How We Can Arrange It Better. Open Court, 2019. -
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President of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology