Nancy Cartwright’s Philosophy of Science (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science Book 3) 1st Edition by Luc Bovens (PDF)

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Nancy Cartwright is one of the most distinguished and influential contemporary philosophers of science. Despite the profound impact of her work, there is neither a systematic exposition of Cartwright’s philosophy of science nor a collection of articles that contains in-depth discussions of the major themes of her philosophy.This book is devoted to a critical assessment of Cartwright’s philosophy of science and contains contributions from Cartwright’s champions and critics. Broken into three parts, the book begins by addressing Cartwright’s views on the practice of model building in science and the question of how models represent the world before moving on to a detailed discussion of methodologically and metaphysically challenging problems. Finally, the book addresses Cartwright’s original attempts to clarify profound questions concerning the metaphysics of science.With contributions from leading scholars, such as Ronald N. Giere and Paul Teller, this unique volume will be extremely useful to philosophers of science the world over.

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⭐Excellent introductory chapter with overview of Cartwright’s works in philosophy of science and economics. A collection of papers from a workshop in Germany, the philosophy professors presenting the papers are from continental Europe, UK, Canada, and USA so there is a wider range of views than has been usual in philosophy. Cartwright gives a written response to each paper, which begins with a few sentence summary of the paper before presenting her views. Some papers disagree with her. One can learn a lot by reading only the introduction chapter plus her responses if you lack time to read the entire book. For me this book is well worth its high price.Added note on April 7, 2011: The above review was written for the hardcover price of $136. I’m delighted a paperback version is now available at $39.95. Also I should have mentioned that the workshop in Germany was built in part on Nancy Cartwright’s 1999 book The Dappled World: A Study of the Boundaries of Science. From Cambridge University Press, her 1999 book argues that the nature of reality is such that science cannot pin down all of it into mathematical models and such. In 2008 Cartwright was elected president of the Philosophy of Science Association, founded in 1934.

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