Outputs (3)

A Theory of Measurement (2017)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N., Bradburn, N., & Fuller, J. (2017). A Theory of Measurement. In L. McClimans (Ed.), Measurement in medicine : philosophical essays on assessment and evaluation. Rowman & Littlefield

Can Structural Equations Explain How Mechanisms Explain? (2017)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2017). Can Structural Equations Explain How Mechanisms Explain?. In H. Beebee, C. Hitchcock, & H. Price (Eds.), Making a difference : essays on the philosophy of causation (132-152). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198746911.003.0008

Causal Powers: Why Humeans Can't Even Be Instrumentalists (2017)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2017). Causal Powers: Why Humeans Can't Even Be Instrumentalists. In J. D. Jacobs (Ed.), Causal powers (9-23). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198796572.003.0002

Hume urged that there is no difference between the obtaining of a power and its exercise; others, that there is no difference between its exercise and the result that occurs. This chapter reinforces the reasons, based in the success of the analytic m... Read More about Causal Powers: Why Humeans Can't Even Be Instrumentalists.