Nancy Cartwright (philosopher)

Nancy Cartwright
Cartwright in 2007
Born (1944-06-24) June 24, 1944 (age 80)
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh
University of Illinois at Chicago
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Stanford School
Main interests
Philosophy of science
Notable ideas
Entity realism
President of the DLMPST/IUHPST
In office
2020–2023
Preceded byMenachem Magidor

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 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).

  1. ^ "02/06/2009". In Our Time (BBC Radio 4). 2 July 2009. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  2. ^ Brown, Stuart (1996). Biographical dictionary of twentieth-century philosophers. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-28605-3. OCLC 38862354.

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