Presidential Address: Will This Policy Work for You? Predicting Effectiveness Better: How Philosophy Helps
(2012)
Journal Article
Cartwright, N. (2012). Presidential Address: Will This Policy Work for You? Predicting Effectiveness Better: How Philosophy Helps. Philosophy of Science, 79(5), 973-989. https://doi.org/10.1086/668041
There is a takeover movement fast gaining influence in development economics, a movement that demands that predictions about development outcomes be based on randomized controlled trials. The problem it takes up—of using evidence of efficacy from goo... Read More about Presidential Address: Will This Policy Work for You? Predicting Effectiveness Better: How Philosophy Helps.