LSE creators

Number of items: 87.
2020
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Pemberton, John, Wieten, Sarah (2020). Mechanisms, laws and explanation. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-020-00284-y picture_as_pdf
    • 2018
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Pemberton, John, Wieten, Sarah (2018). Mechanisms, ceteris paribus laws and covering-law explanation. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, LSE. picture_as_pdf
    • 2017
  • Munro, Eileen, Cartwright, Nancy, Hardie, Jeremy, Montuschi, Eleonora (2017). Improving child safety: deliberation, judgement and empirical research. (CHESS working paper). Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS).
    • 2014
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Montuschi, Eleonora (Eds.) (2014). Philosophy of social science: a new introduction. Oxford University Press.
    • 2013
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Pemberton, John (2013). Aristotelian powers: without them, what would modern science do? In Greco, John, Groff, Ruth (Eds.), Powers and Capacities in Philosophy: the New Aristotelianism (pp. 93-112). Routledge.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2013). Knowing what we are talking about: why evidence doesn't always travel. Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 9(1), 97-112. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426413X662581
    • 2012
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2012). Presidential address: will this policy work for you?: predicting effectiveness better: how philosophy helps. Philosophy of Science, 79(5). https://doi.org/10.1086/668041
  • Hardie, Jeremy, Cartwright, Nancy (2012). Evidence alone is not enough: policymakers must be able to access relevant evidence if their policy is to work.
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Hardy, Jeremy (2012). Evidence-based policy: a practical guide to doing it better. Oxford University Press (U.S.).
  • Rol, Menno, Cartwright, Nancy (2012). Warranting the use of causal claims: a non-trivial case for interdisciplinarity. Theoria: Revista de Teoria, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia, 27(2), 189-202. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.4075
    • 2011
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Stegenga, Jacob (2011). A theory of evidence for evidence-based policy. In Dawid, A. Philip, Twining, William, Vasilaki, Mimi (Eds.), Evidence, Inference and Enquiry . Oxford University Press/The British Academy.
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Efstathiou, Sophia (2011). Hunting causes and using them: is there no bridge from here to there? International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 25(3), 223-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2011.605245
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2011). Evidence, external validity and explanatory relevance. In Morgan, Gregory J. (Ed.), Philosophy of Science Matters: the Philosophy of Peter Achinstein . Oxford University Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2011). A philosopher's view of the long road from RCTs to effectiveness. The Lancet, 377(9775), 1400-1401. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60563-1
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2011). Predicting “it will work for us”: (way) beyond statistics. In McKay Illari, Phyllis, Russo, Federica, Williamson, Jon (Eds.), Causality in the Sciences . Oxford University Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Contessa, Gabriele, Steed, Sheldon (2011). Keeping track of Neurath's bill: abstract concepts, stock models and the unity of classical physics. In Pombo, Olga (Ed.), The Unity of Science: Essays in Honour of Otto Neurath . Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2011). Use of research evidence in practice – author's reply. The Lancet, 378(9804), p. 1697. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61737-6
    • 2010
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2010). Natural laws and the closure of physics. In Chiao, Raymond Y., Cohen, Marvin L., Leggett, Anthony J., Phillips, William D., Harper, Jr, Charles L. (Eds.), Visions of Discovery: New Light on Physics, Cosmology, and Consciousness (pp. 612-623). Cambridge University Press.
  • Fennell, Damien, Cartwright, Nancy (2010). Does Roush show that evidence should be probable? Synthese, 175(3), 289-310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-009-9510-3
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2010). Relativism in the philosophy of science. In Krausz, Michael (Ed.), Relativism: a Contemporary Anthology . Columbia University Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2010). Replies by Cartwright. In Bovens, Luc, Hoefer, Carl, Hartmann, Stephan (Eds.), Nancy Cartwright’s Philosophy of Science . Routledge.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2010). Comments on Longworth and Weber. Analysis, 70(2), 325-330. https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anp158
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2010). Hunting causes and using them: approaches in philosophy and economics: summary. Analysis, 70(2), 307-310. https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anp157
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Munro, Eileen (2010). The limitations of randomized controlled trials in predicting effectiveness. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 16(2), 260-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01382.x
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2010). Reply to Steel And Pearl: hunting causes and using them: approaches in philosophy and economics. Economics and Philosophy, 26(01), 87-94. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266267110000088
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2010). Measurement. In Psillos, Stathis, Curd, Martin (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Ccience . Routledge.
  • Bovens, Luc, Cartwright, Nancy (2010). Measuring the impact of philosophy. House of Commons.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2010). What are randomised controlled trials good for? Philosophical Studies, 147(1), 59-70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-009-9450-2
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2010). Foreword: fictions and models: new essays. In Woods, John (Ed.), Fictions and Models: New Essays . Philosophia Verlag.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2010). Models: parables v fables. In Frigg, Roman, Hunter, Matthew (Eds.), Beyond Mimesis and Convention: Representation in Art and Science . Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
    • 2009
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2009). How to do things with causes. APA Proceedings and Addresses, 83(2).
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2009). What is this thing called efficacy. In Mantzavinos, C. (Ed.), Philosophy of the Social Sciences . Cambridge University Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2009). How can we know what made the Ratman sick? singular causes and population probabilities. In Jokić, Aleksandar (Ed.), Philosophy of Religion, Physics, and Psychology: Essays in Honor of Adolf Grünbaumr . Prometheus Books.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2009). Causality, invariance and policy. In Kincaid, Harold, Ross, Don (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics . Oxford University Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2009). Laws, policy predictions, and the need for genuine powers. In Handfield, Toby (Ed.), Dispositions and Causes . Oxford University Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2009). If no capacities then no credible worlds. But can models reveal capacities? Erkenntnis, 70(1), 45-58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-008-9136-8
  • Fennell, Damien, Cartwright, Nancy (2009). Does Roush show that evidence should be probable? (Contingency and dissent in science Technical report 01/09). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2009). Evidence-based policy: what's to be done about relevance? Philosophical Studies, 143(1), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-008-9311-4
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Goldfinch, Andrew, Howick, Jeremy (2009). Evidence-based policy: where is our theory of evidence? Journal of Children's Services, 4(4), 6-14. https://doi.org/10.5042/jcs.2010.0017
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Efstathiou, Sophia (2009). Hunting causes and using them: is there no bridge from here to there? (Contingency and dissent in science 05/09). Center for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2009-01-01) ‘It may work somewhere but will work for us [Paper]. Lewis Burke Frumkes lectures in philosophy, New York NY, United States, USA.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2009). Measuring research impact: special problems. Consortium of Institutes of Advanced Study.
    • 2008
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Cat, Jordi, Fleck, Lola, Uebel, Thomas E. (2008). Otto Neurath: philosophy between science and politics. Cambridge University Press.
  • Suárez, Mauricio, Cartwright, Nancy (2008). Theories: tools versus models. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 39(1), 62-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2007.05.004
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2008). Evidence-based policy: so, what's evidence? In Thomson-Jones, Martin (Ed.), Models, Methods, and Evidence: Topics in the Philosophy of Science. Proceedings of the 38th Oberlin Colloquium in Philosophy . Oberlin College.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2008). 'Evidence-based policy: where is Our theory of evidence? In Beckermann, Ansgar, Tetens, Holm, Walter, Sven (Eds.), Philosophie: Grundlagen und Anwendungen: Hauptvorträge und Ausgewählte Kolloquiumsbeiträge Zu Gap.6 . Mentis Verlag.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2008). In praise of the representation theorem. In Frauchiger, Michael, Essler, Wilhelm K. (Eds.), Representation, Evidence, and Justification: Themes From Suppes (pp. 83-89). Ontos Verlag.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2008). Models: Parables v Fables. Insights, 1(11).
    • 2007
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). Why be hanged for even a lamb? In Monton, Bradley (Ed.), IMAges of Empiricism Essays on Science and Stances, With a Reply From Bas C. Van Fraassen . Oxford University Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Frigg, Roman (2007). String theory under scrutiny.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). Counterfactuals in economics: a commentary. In Campbell, Joseph Keim, O'Rourke, Michael, Silverstein, Harry S (Eds.), Causation and Explanation . MIT Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). Hunting causes and using them: approaches in philosophy and economics. Cambridge University Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). Are RCTs the gold standard? Biosocieties, 2(1), 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1745855207005029
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). From metaphysics to method: comments on manipulability and the causal Markov condition. In Hunting Causes and Using Them: Approaches in Philosophy and Economics (pp. 132-152). Cambridge University Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). Where is the theory in our 'theories' of causality? In Hunting Causes and Using Them: Approaches in Philosophy and Economics (pp. 43-56). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511618758.005
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). What makes a capacity a disposition? In Kistler, Max, Gnassounou, Bruno (Eds.), Dispositions and Causal Powers (pp. 195 - 206). Ashgate Dartmouth. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315577616-12
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). Are RCTs the gold standard? In Cartwright, Nancy (Ed.), Causal Powers: What Are They? Why Do We Need Them What Can Be Done With Them and What Cannot? . Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economic and Political Science.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). Causal laws, policy predictions and the need for genuine powers. In Cartwright, Nancy (Ed.), Causal Powers: What Are They? Why Do We Need Them? What Can Be Done With Them and What Cannot? (pp. 6-30). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). Causal powers: what are they? why do we need them? what can be done with them and what cannot? (Contingency and Dissent in Science 07). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). Counterfactuals in economics: a commentary. In Hunting Causes and Using Them: Approaches in Philosophy and Economics . Cambridge University Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). Evidence-based policy: where is our theory of evidence? (Contingency and Dissent in Science 07/07). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2007). What makes a capacity a disposition? In Cartwright, Nancy (Ed.), Causal Powers: What Are They? Why Do We Need Them? What Can Be Done With Them and What Cannot? (pp. 46-57). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.
    • 2006
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2006). Well‐ordered science: evidence for use. Philosophy of Science, 73(5), 981-990. https://doi.org/10.1086/518803
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2006). From metaphysics to method: comments on manipulability and the causal Markov condition. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 57(1), 197-218. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axi156
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2006). Where is the theory in our 'theories' of causality? The Journal of Philosophy, CIII(2), 55 - 66. https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil2006103227
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2006). Against the 'System'. In Engel, Christoph, Daston, Lorraine (Eds.), Is There Value in Inconsistency? . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2006). Les dispositions en philosophie et en sciences. In Gnassounou, Bruno, Kistler, Max (Eds.), Les Dispositions En Philosophie et En Sciences . CNRS Éditions.
    • 2003
  • Reiss, Julian, Cartwright, Nancy (2003). Uncertainty in econometrics: evaluating policy counterfactuals. (Technical report (CPNSS Research Project) CTR 11/03). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2003). Two theorems on invariance and causality. Philosophy of Science, 70(1), 203-224.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2003). Counterfactuals in economics: a commentary. In Proceedings From Inpc 2003: Explanation and Causation: Topics in Contemporary Philosophy . MIT Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2003). What makes a capacity a disposition? London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.
    • 2002
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2002). In favour of laws that are not ceteris paribus after all. Erkenntnis, 57(3), 425-439. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021550815652
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2002). Book review: introduction and reply to - the dappled world: a study of the boundaries of science. Philosophical Books, 43(4), 241-278. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0149.00269
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2002). How can we know what made the Ratman sick? singular causes and population probabilities: an essay in honour of Adolf Grunbaum. (Causality: metaphysics and methods CTR 08/03). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2002). Against modularity, the causal Markov condition, and any link between the two: comments on Hausman and Woodward. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 53(3), 411-453. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/53.3.411
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2002). Ceteris paribus laws and socio-economic machines. In Mäki, Uskali (Ed.), The Economic World View (pp. 275-292). Cambridge University Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2002). The limits of causal order, from economics to physics. In Mäki, Uskali (Ed.), Fact and Fiction in Economics: Models, Realism and Social Construction (pp. 137-151). Cambridge University Press.
    • 2001
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2001). Modularity: it can - and generally does, fail. In Costantini, Domenico, Galavotti, Maria Carla, Suppes, Patrick (Eds.), Stochastic Causality (pp. 65-84). CSLI Publications (Firm).
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2001). Reply to Anderson. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 32(3), 495-497. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00012-0
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2001). What is wrong with Bayes nets? The Monist, 84(2), 242-264.
    • 2000
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Suárez, Mauricio (2000). A causal model for EPR. (Discussion paper DP 50/00). Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2000). Against the completability of science. In Wolff, Jonathan, Stone, Martin (Eds.), The Proper Ambition of Science (pp. 209-222). Routledge.
  • Cartwright, Nancy, Suárez, Mauricio (2000). Endpiece. Theoria: Revista de Teoria, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia, 15(7), 123-128.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (2000). An empiricist defence of singular causes. In Teichmann, Roger (Ed.), Logic, Cause and Action: Essays in Honour of Elizabeth Anscombe (pp. 47-58). Cambridge University Press.
    • 1999
  • Cartwright, Nancy (1999). Models and the limits of theory: quantum hamiltonians and the BCS model of superconductivity. In Morgan, Mary S., Morrison, Margaret (Eds.), Models as Mediators (pp. 241-281). Cambridge University Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy (1999). The dappled world: a study of the boundaries of science. Cambridge University Press.
    • 1994
  • Cartwright, Nancy (1994). Nature's capacities and their measurement. Oxford University Press.