Philosophy of Science in Practice Nancy Cartwright and the Nature of
This volume reflects the ‘philosophy of science in practice’ approach and takes a fresh look at traditional philosophical problems in the context of natural, social, and health research. Inspired by the work of Nancy Cartwright that shows how the practice
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Hsiang-Ke Chao Julian Reiss Editors
Philosophy of Science in Practice Nancy Cartwright and the Nature of Scientific Reasoning
Synthese Library Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science Volume 379
Editor-in-Chief Otávio Bueno, University of Miami, Department of Philosophy, USA Editors Berit Brogaard, University of Miami, USA Anjan Chakravartty, University of Notre Dame, USA Steven French, University of Leeds, UK Catarina Dutilh Novaes, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Hsiang-Ke Chao • Julian Reiss Editors
Philosophy of Science in Practice Nancy Cartwright and the Nature of Scientific Reasoning
Editors Hsiang-Ke Chao Department of Economics National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu, Taiwan
Julian Reiss Department of Philosophy and Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) Durham University Durham, UK
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Preface
The majority of the chapters have been first presented in the international conference Evidence, Capacities, and Explanation: Conference on Cartwright’s Philosophy, held on September 12–14, 2012, at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, organised by Szu-Ting Chen and Hsiang-Ke Chao. We are grateful to Chen for organising this conference and to Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly the National Science Council) and National Tsing Hua University for the financial sponsorships. We also would like to thank all the authors of the chapters in this volume for
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