Outputs (8)

Why Trust Science? Reliability, Particularity and the Tangle of Science (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cartwright, N. (2020, December). Why Trust Science? Reliability, Particularity and the Tangle of Science. Presented at Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Online via Zoom

In evaluating science, philosophers tends to focus on general laws and on their truth. I urge a shift in focus to the reliability of the panoply of outputs science produces and in tandem, from the general to the particular. Here I give five arguments... Read More about Why Trust Science? Reliability, Particularity and the Tangle of Science.

X—Why Trust Science? Reliability, Particularity and the Tangle of Science (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cartwright, N. (2020). X—Why Trust Science? Reliability, Particularity and the Tangle of Science. In Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (237-252). https://doi.org/10.1093/arisoc/aoaa015

Why Big Theories are Here to Stay (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cartwright, N. (2019, November). Why Big Theories are Here to Stay. Presented at «The Theoretical University» in the Data Age. Have the great theories become obsolete?, Bielefield University

Philosophy of Social Technology: Get on Board (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cartwright, N. (2015). Philosophy of Social Technology: Get on Board.

The Metaphysics of the Disunified World (1994)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cartwright, N. (1994). The Metaphysics of the Disunified World. In D. Hull, M. Forbes, & R. M. Burian (Eds.), Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (357-364). https://doi.org/10.1086/psaprocbienmeetp.1994.2.192946

A Case Study in Realism: Why Econometrics is Committed to Capacities (1988)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cartwright, N. (1988). A Case Study in Realism: Why Econometrics is Committed to Capacities. In A. Fine, & J. Leplin (Eds.), Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (190-197). https://doi.org/10.1086/psaprocbienmeetp.1988.2.192883

Causation and Physics: Causal Processes and Mathematical Derivations (1984)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cartwright, N. (1984). Causation and Physics: Causal Processes and Mathematical Derivations. In P. D. Asquith, & P. Kitcher (Eds.), Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (391-404)

The Only Real Probabilities in Quantum Mechanics (1978)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cartwright, N. (1978). The Only Real Probabilities in Quantum Mechanics. In P. Asquith, & I. Hacking (Eds.), Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (54-59). https://doi.org/10.1086/psaprocbienmeetp.1978.1.192625