Nancy Cartwright (philosopher)

Nancy Cartwright FBA FAcSS
Cartwright in 2007
Born	(1944-06-24) June 24, 1944 (age 80)
Education
Alma mater	University of Pittsburgh University of Illinois at Chicago
Philosophical work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic Stanford School
Main interests	Philosophy of science
Notable ideas	Entity realism
President of the DLMPST/IUHPST
In office 2020–2023
Preceded by	Menachem Magidor
Succeeded by	Valentin Goranko

Nancy Cartwright's voice

from the BBC programme In Our Time, 2 July 2009^[1]

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Nancy Cartwright, Lady Hampshire FBA, FAcSS (born 24 June 1944)^[2] is an American philosopher of science. She is a professor of philosophy at the University of California at San Diego and the University of Durham. Currently, she is the past president of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST) of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology under the International Science Council (ISC).