New PDF release: Nancy Cartwright’s Philosophy of Science (Routledge Studies

By Luc Bovens,Carl Hoefer,Stephan Hartmann

Nancy Cartwright is among the such a lot distinct and influential modern philosophers of technology. regardless of the profound influence of her paintings, there's neither a scientific exposition of Cartwright’s philosophy of technology nor a suite of articles that includes in-depth discussions of the foremost topics of her philosophy.


This book is dedicated to a severe evaluation of Cartwright’s philosophy of technology and includes contributions from Cartwright's champions and critics. damaged into 3 components, the ebook starts off through addressing Cartwright's perspectives at the perform of version development in technological know-how and the query of ways types signify the area sooner than relocating directly to an in depth dialogue of methodologically and metaphysically tough difficulties. ultimately, the ebook addresses Cartwright's unique makes an attempt to elucidate profound questions in regards to the metaphysics of science.


With contributions from best scholars, such as Ronald N. Giere and Paul Teller, this detailed quantity can be super worthy to philosophers of technological know-how the area over.

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