The Philosopher
Nancy Cartwright
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- American
- Schools:
- Analytic philosophy, Stanford School
- Branchs:
- Philosophy of science
- Period:
- Contemporary philosophy
The synopsis
The works
How the Laws of Physics Lie
Nature's Capacities and Their Measurement
The Dappled World: A Study of the Boundaries of Science
Hunting Causes and Using Them: Approaches in Philosophy and Economics
Evidence Based Policy: A Practical Guide to Doing It Better
Philosophy of Social Science: a new introduction
Improving Child Safety: deliberation, judgement and empirical research
Nature, the Artful Modeler: Lectures on Laws, Science, How Nature Arranges the World and How We Can Arrange It Better
Do the Laws of Physics State the Facts?
XII—Fundamentalism vs. the Patchwork of Laws
What Is Wrong With Bayes Nets?
Causation: One Word, Many Things
A philosopher's view of the long road from RCTs to effectiveness
The quotes
The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force.
I will not get very far with this attitude.
I am not authorized to fire substitute teachers.
Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan.
I will not expose the ignorance of the faculty.
The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far.
I don't use the voice of Bart when I'm making love to my husband, but Marge's voice turns him on a little.
Since September 11, security has been increased everywhere, and we have new IDs to get on to the Fox lot. I drove to the security gate, but realized I'd left my ID in my other car. I just broke into that voice - 'Hey, man, I'm Bart Simpson. Who else sounds like this?' The guard waved me through.
I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything!
Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does.