Professor Nancy Cartwright's Outputs (7)

Ceteris paribus laws need machines to generate them (2014)
Journal Article
Pemberton, J., & Cartwright, N. (2014). Ceteris paribus laws need machines to generate them. Erkenntnis, 79(10), 1745-1758. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-014-9639-4

Most of the regularities that get represented as ‘laws’ in our sciences arise from, and are to be found regularly associated with, the successful operation of a nomological machine. Reference to the nomological machine must be included in the cp-clau... Read More about Ceteris paribus laws need machines to generate them.

Philosophy of Social Science: A New Introduction (2014)
Book
Cartwright, N., & Montuschi, E. (Eds.). (2014). Philosophy of Social Science: A New Introduction. Oxford University Press

This is a much-needed new introduction to a field that has been transformed in recent years by exciting new subjects, ideas, and methods. It is designed both for students with central interests in philosophy and those planning to concentrate on the s... Read More about Philosophy of Social Science: A New Introduction.

Measurement (2014)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2014). Measurement. In N. Cartwright, & E. Montuschi (Eds.), Philosophy of Social Science. A New Introduction. Oxford University Press

Causality (2014)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2014). Causality. In N. Cartwright, & E. Montuschi (Eds.), Philosophy of Social Science. A New Introduction. Oxford University Press

Making the Most of the Evidence in Education: A Guide for Working Out What Works .... Here and Now (2014)
Preprint / Working Paper
Cowen, N., & Cartwright, N. (2014). Making the Most of the Evidence in Education: A Guide for Working Out What Works .... Here and Now

This is a guide to using research evidence when deliberating about educational policies. It is intended for teachers, for school heads, for boards of governors – for anyone who has to settle on policies, programmes or approaches, whether for a singe... Read More about Making the Most of the Evidence in Education: A Guide for Working Out What Works .... Here and Now.

Deliberating Policy: Where morals and methods mix – and not always for the best (2014)
Preprint / Working Paper
Cartwright, N. (2014). Deliberating Policy: Where morals and methods mix – and not always for the best

In 2004 in the London Borough of Haringey, 17-month-old Peter Connelly was found dead in his crib. The child had suffered fractured ribs and a broken back after months of abuse at home. His mother, her partner and a lodger were jailed for his death.... Read More about Deliberating Policy: Where morals and methods mix – and not always for the best.

A Question of Nonsense (2014)
Journal Article
Cartwright, N. (2014). A Question of Nonsense. ywn, 63, 102-116