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Causal Methodology. A Comment on Nancy Cartwright’s Hunting Causes and Using Them
"... In the introduction of her book, Nancy Cartwright states that with respect to causation ‘[m]etaphysics, methods and use must march hand in hand ’ (1). By this she means that philosophers of causation should try to develop an inte-grated account, which answers three interrelated questions about causa ..."
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In the introduction of her book, Nancy Cartwright states that with respect to causation ‘[m]etaphysics, methods and use must march hand in hand ’ (1). By this she means that philosophers of causation should try to develop an inte-grated account, which answers three interrelated questions about
Review Essay Cartwright on “Economics”
"... Nancy Cartwright claims that “Causality is a hot topic today both in philosophy and economics”. She may be right about philosophers, but not when it comes to economists. Cartwright talks about “economics ” but nothing she says about it corresponds to what is taught in economics classes. Today, econo ..."
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Nancy Cartwright claims that “Causality is a hot topic today both in philosophy and economics”. She may be right about philosophers, but not when it comes to economists. Cartwright talks about “economics ” but nothing she says about it corresponds to what is taught in economics classes. Today
Cartwright’s Realist Toil: From Entities to Capacities*
"... Nancy Cartwright has been both an empiricist and a realist. Where many philosophers thought that these two positions are incompatible (or, at any rate, very strange bed-fellows), right from her first book, the much-discussed and controversial How the Laws of Physics Lie, Cartwright tried to make a c ..."
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Nancy Cartwright has been both an empiricist and a realist. Where many philosophers thought that these two positions are incompatible (or, at any rate, very strange bed-fellows), right from her first book, the much-discussed and controversial How the Laws of Physics Lie, Cartwright tried to make a
Review of N. Cartwright “Hunting Causes and Using Them”
, 2008
"... Nancy Cartwright’s recent book “Hunting Causes and Using Them ” comes to causality in an interesting stage of her stormy, century-old courtship with economics. A survey article by Kevin Hoover (2004, “Lost causes”) counts the frequency of causal terminology in econometrics articles and asks, “Where ..."
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Nancy Cartwright’s recent book “Hunting Causes and Using Them ” comes to causality in an interesting stage of her stormy, century-old courtship with economics. A survey article by Kevin Hoover (2004, “Lost causes”) counts the frequency of causal terminology in econometrics articles and asks, “Where
Invariance, Modularity, and All That: Cartwright on Causation
"... I think that the first paper of Nancy Cartwright’s that I ever read was “Causal Laws and Effective Strategies ” (1979, [1983]) shortly after it appeared nearly twenty-five years ago. At the time I was still in a deep dogmatic Humean slumber about causation and my first reaction was that the central ..."
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I think that the first paper of Nancy Cartwright’s that I ever read was “Causal Laws and Effective Strategies ” (1979, [1983]) shortly after it appeared nearly twenty-five years ago. At the time I was still in a deep dogmatic Humean slumber about causation and my first reaction was that the central
CARTWRIGHT ON CAPACITIES AND SEN ON CAPABILITIES AND THE FIRM
, 2008
"... In this paper two recent scientific proposals are introduced, the concepts of ‘capabilities’ drawn by Amartya Sen and of ‘capacities ’ formulated by Nancy Cartwright. Sen’s capabilities move at an anthropological and political level and suppose a revolution in the way of appraising development and p ..."
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In this paper two recent scientific proposals are introduced, the concepts of ‘capabilities’ drawn by Amartya Sen and of ‘capacities ’ formulated by Nancy Cartwright. Sen’s capabilities move at an anthropological and political level and suppose a revolution in the way of appraising development
What Is Right with ‘Bayes Net Methods’ and What Is Wrong with ‘Hunting Causes and Using Them’?, “The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science” 61.1
, 2010
"... NancyCartwright’s recent criticisms of efforts andmethods to obtain causal information from sample data using automated search are considered. In addition to reviewing that effort, I argue that almost all of her criticisms are false and rest on misreading, ..."
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NancyCartwright’s recent criticisms of efforts andmethods to obtain causal information from sample data using automated search are considered. In addition to reviewing that effort, I argue that almost all of her criticisms are false and rest on misreading,
REVIEWS SYMPOSIUM doi:10.1017/S0266267110000076 Hunting Causes and Using Them: Approaches in Philosophy and Economics,
, 2008
"... Nancy Cartwright’s recent book Hunting Causes and Using Them comes to causality in an interesting stage of its stormy, century-old courtship with economics. A survey article by Hoover (2004, ‘Lost causes’) counts the frequency of causal terminology in econometrics articles and asks, ‘Where ..."
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Nancy Cartwright’s recent book Hunting Causes and Using Them comes to causality in an interesting stage of its stormy, century-old courtship with economics. A survey article by Hoover (2004, ‘Lost causes’) counts the frequency of causal terminology in econometrics articles and asks, ‘Where
1 Idealization and Structural Explanation in Physics Draft copy – do not cite
"... The focus in the literature on scientific explanation has shifted in recent years towards model-based approaches. The idea that there are simple and true laws of nature has met with objections from philosophers such as Nancy Cartwright (1983) and Paul Teller (2001), and this has made a ..."
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The focus in the literature on scientific explanation has shifted in recent years towards model-based approaches. The idea that there are simple and true laws of nature has met with objections from philosophers such as Nancy Cartwright (1983) and Paul Teller (2001), and this has made a
A Criterion of Probabilistic Causality
"... The investigation of probabilistic causality has been plagued by a variety of misconceptions and misunderstandings. One has been the thought that the aim of the probabilistic account of causality is the reduction of causal claims to probabilistic claims. Nancy Cartwright (1979) has clearly rebut ..."
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The investigation of probabilistic causality has been plagued by a variety of misconceptions and misunderstandings. One has been the thought that the aim of the probabilistic account of causality is the reduction of causal claims to probabilistic claims. Nancy Cartwright (1979) has clearly
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