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Causal Laws, Policy Predictions and the Need for Genuine Powers (2007)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2007). Causal Laws, Policy Predictions and the Need for Genuine Powers. In N. Cartwright (Ed.), Causal Powers: what are they? why do we need them? what can be done with them and what cannot?. CPNSS, LSE

Counterfactuals in Economics: A Commentary (2007)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2007). Counterfactuals in Economics: A Commentary. In J. Keim Campbell, M. O'Rourke, & H. Silverman (Eds.), Causation and explanation (191-216). Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press

Counterfactuals are a hot topic in economics today, at least among economists concerned with methodology. I shall argue that on the whole this is a mistake. Usually the counterfactuals on offer are proposed as causal surrogates. But at best they prov... Read More about Counterfactuals in Economics: A Commentary.

Against the 'System' Is There Value in Inconsistency? (2006)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2006). Against the 'System' Is There Value in Inconsistency?. In L. Daston, & C. Engel (Eds.), Series on Common Goods: Law, Politics and Economics. Baden-Baden: Nomos

From Causation to Explanation and Back (2006)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2006). From Causation to Explanation and Back. In B. Leiter (Ed.), The Future of Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press

The Vanity of Rigour in Economics. Theoretical Models and Galilean Experiments (2005)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2005). The Vanity of Rigour in Economics. Theoretical Models and Galilean Experiments. In P. Fontaine, & R. Leonard (Eds.), The 'Experiment' in the History of Economics

Laws (2005)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N., Alexandrova, A., Efstathiou, S., Hamilton, A., & Muntean, I. (2005). Laws. In M. Smith, & F. Jackson (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy. Oxford University Press

My Understand to Philosophy [sic] (2005)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2005). My Understand to Philosophy [sic]. In K. Ouyang (Ed.), Dang dai Ying Mei zhu ming zhe xue jia xue shu zi shu [The Academic Self-Statements of Contemporary British and American Distinguished Philosophers]. Beijing: Ren min chu ban she. Publication in Chinese

How Can We Know What Made the Ratman Sick? Singular Causes and Population Probabilities (2005)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2005). How Can We Know What Made the Ratman Sick? Singular Causes and Population Probabilities. In A. Jokić (Ed.), Philosophy of Religion, Physics, and Psychology: Essays in Honor of Adolf Grünbaum. New York: Prometheus Books

No God; No Laws (2005)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2005). No God; No Laws. In E. Sindoni, & S. Moriggi (Eds.), Dio, la Natura e la Legge. God and the Laws of Nature. Milan: Angelicum-Mondo X

Another Philosopher Looks at Quantum Mechanics (2005)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2005). Another Philosopher Looks at Quantum Mechanics. In Y. Ben-Menahem (Ed.), Hilary Putnam. Cambridge University Press

Uncertainty in Econometrics: Evaluating Policy Counterfactuals (2004)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N., & Reiss, J. (2004). Uncertainty in Econometrics: Evaluating Policy Counterfactuals. In P. Mooslechner, H. Schuberth, & M. Schurz (Eds.), Economic Policy Under Uncertainty: The Role of Truth and Accountability in Policy Advice. Edward Elgar Publishing

What Makes a Capacity a Disposition?, (2002)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2002). What Makes a Capacity a Disposition?,. In M. Kistler, & B. Gnassounou (Eds.), Dispositions and Causal Powers (195-206). London School of Economics

Many, if not most of our highly prized “laws” of physics cannot be adequately rendered as statements of regular association among the values of “occurrent” quantities, I have argued.1 This is true even if we do not balk at the concept of natural nece... Read More about What Makes a Capacity a Disposition?,.

Ceteris Paribus Laws and Socio-Economic Machines (2001)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2001). Ceteris Paribus Laws and Socio-Economic Machines. In U. Maki (Ed.), The Economic World View: Studies in the Ontology of Economics. Cambridge University Press

Theories of Scientific Method: Models for the Physico-Mathematical Sciences (2001)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N., Psillos, S., & Chang, H. (2001). Theories of Scientific Method: Models for the Physico-Mathematical Sciences. In M. Nye (Ed.), The Cambridge History of Science Volume 5: Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Cambridge University Press

Modularity: It Can – and Generally Does – Fail (2001)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2001). Modularity: It Can – and Generally Does – Fail. In D. Costantini, M. Galavotti, & P. Suppes (Eds.), Stochastic Dependence and Causality. California: CSLI

Against the Completability of Science (2000)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2000). Against the Completability of Science. In J. Wolff, & M. Stone (Eds.), The Proper Ambition of Science. Routledge

Quantum Mechanics without the Observables (2000)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2000). Quantum Mechanics without the Observables. In E. Agazzi, & M. Pauri (Eds.), The Reality of the Unobservable: Observability, Unobservability, and their Impact on the Issue of Scientific Realism. Dortrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers

An Empiricist Defence of Singular Causes (2000)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2000). An Empiricist Defence of Singular Causes. In R. Teichmann (Ed.), Logic, Cause and Action: Essays in Honour of Elizabeth Anscombe. Cambridge University Press

Models and the Limits of Theory: Quantum Hamiltonians and the BCS Model of Superconductivity (1999)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (1999). Models and the Limits of Theory: Quantum Hamiltonians and the BCS Model of Superconductivity. In M. Morgan, & M. Morrison (Eds.), Models as Mediators. Cambridge University Press

Capacities (1999)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (1999). Capacities. In J. Davis, D. Hands, & U. Mäki (Eds.), The Handbook of Economic Methodology. Edward Elgar Publishing