CfP: Nancy Cartwright’s Philosophy of Science. Theoria's Special Issue
Theoria. An International Journal for Theory, History and
Foundations of Science invites contributions for a special issue on the
following topic:
Nancy Cartwright’s Philosophy of Science
Guest editors: Concha Martínez Vidal (USC) and Cristian Saborido (UNED)
Nancy
Cartwright is Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy,
University of Durham and at the University of California, San Diego
(UCSD). She is past President of the Philosophy of Science Association
and was President of the American Philosophical Association (Pacific
Division) in 2008.
Professor Cartwright is also co-Director of the
Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) in the
Department of Philosophy. Her research interests include philosophy and
history of science (especially physics and economics), causal inference,
causal powers, scientific emergence and objectivity, evidence,
especially for evidence-based policy [EBP] and the philosophy of social
technology. Her current work, for the project ‘Knowledge for Use’ [K4U],
investigates how to use scientific research results for better
policies. She is a member of the UK voluntary research network Policy
Insight, which ‘aims to develop a new methodology for policy
formulation, deliberation, evaluation and choice.’ She has worked with
others on projects in this area on education, child protection, and
international development.
Professor Cartwright has written a number
of books: How the Laws of Physics Lie (1983), Nature's Capacities and
their Measurement (1989), Otto Neurath: Philosophy between Science and
Politics [with J Cat, K Fleck & T Uebel] (1995), The Dappled World: A
Study of the Boundaries of Science (1999), Measuring Causes:
Invariance, Modularity and the Causal Markov Condition (2000), Hunting
Causes and Using Them (2007), Causal Powers: What Are They? Why Do We
Need Them? What Can be Done with Them and What Cannot (2007 Evidence
Based Policy: A Practical Guide to Doing it Better [with Jeremy Hardie]
(2012), ), Evidence: For Policy and Wheresoever Rigor is a Must (2013),
and she has co-edited three collections: Rethinking Order: After the
Laws of Nature[with K Ward] (forthcoming), Philosophy of Social Science:
A New Introduction [with Eleonora Montuschi] (2014), and Idealization
XII: Correcting the Models. Idealization and Abstraction in the Sciences
[with M. R. Jones] 2005.
Nancy Cartwright is a Fellow of the British
Academy and a member of the American Philosophical Society (The US’s
oldest academic honourary society), the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) and a recipient of
a MacArthur Fellowship.
Nancy Cartwright was also in charge of
the Lullius Lectures for the 9th Conference of the Spanish Society of
Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (http://www.solofici.org/
We
will publish in this volume articles that address Professor
Cartwright's contributions in any of the areas of philosophy of science.
Manuscripts should be submitted in English and prepared for anonymous peer review.
Articles should not exceed 7,500 words (spaces, list of references and footnotes included).
The guidelines for authors and more information about Theoria are to be found on the journal’s website: http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.
Important dates:
Submission Deadline: 1 November 2019
Acceptance Notification: 31 March 2010
Please
send submissions directly to Theoria, noting that the work would be
part of the special issue on Nancy Cartwright's philosophy of science: http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.