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Nancy Cartwright

Former mathematician, now professor of philosophy at California and Durham universities. Author of Evidence Based Policy and How The Laws of Physics Lie.

A former mathematician turned philosopher of science, Cartwright’s book How The Laws of Physics Lie has provoked continuing and internationally-cited debate.

A former mathematician turned philosopher of science, Cartwright’s book How The Laws of Physics Lie has provoked continuing and internationally-cited debate.

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Explaining the Inexplicable

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Ultimate Proof

Is evidence an illusion?

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Unexplained Events

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The Comedy of Errors

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Science, Trust and Truth

When to interrogate the data

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Beyond material

Should we embrace the immaterial?

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