Outputs (4)

Measurement (2008)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N., & Chang, H. (2008). Measurement. In S. Psillos, & M. Curd (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science. Routledge

Replies (2008)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2008). Replies. In S. Hartmann, C. Hoefer, & L. Bovens (Eds.), Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science. Routledge

In Praise of the Representation Theorem (2008)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2008). In Praise of the Representation Theorem. In M. Frauchiger, & W. Essler (Eds.), Representation, evidence, and justification : themes from Suppes (83-90). Ontos Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110323566.83

This paper will take up three of Patrick Suppes’s favourite topics: representation, invariance and causality. I begin not immediately with Suppes’s own work but with that of his Stanford colleague, Michael Friedman. Friedman argues that various high... Read More about In Praise of the Representation Theorem.

Why be Hanged for Even a Lamb? (2008)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2008). Why be Hanged for Even a Lamb?. In B. Monton (Ed.), Images of empiricism (32-45). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199218844.003.0003

This chapter examines van Fraassen's motivation for restricting his scientific theoretical commitments to claims about observables. Many critics have argued that the observable/unobservable distinction van Fraassen draws on is either an illegitimate... Read More about Why be Hanged for Even a Lamb?.