How the Measurement Problem is an Artefact of Mathematics
(1983)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (1983). How the Measurement Problem is an Artefact of Mathematics. In R. Swinburne (Ed.), Space, Time and Causality. Dortrecht: D. Reidel
Professor Nancy Cartwright's Outputs (4)
When Explanation Leads to Inference (1983)
Journal Article
Cartwright, N. (1983). When Explanation Leads to Inference. Philosophical Topics, 13, 111-121
How Approximations Take Us Away From Theory and Towards the Truth (1983)
Journal Article
Cartwright, N., & Nordby, J. (1983). How Approximations Take Us Away From Theory and Towards the Truth. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 64, 273-280
How the Laws of Physics Lie (1983)
Book
Cartwright, N. (1983). How the Laws of Physics Lie. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/0198247044.001.0001Nancy Cartwright argues for a novel conception of the role of fundamental scientific laws in modern natural science. If we attend closely to the manner in which theoretical laws figure in the practice of science, we see that despite their great expla... Read More about How the Laws of Physics Lie.