Nancy Cartwright
Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
Research
In the first half of her career at Stanford University Nancy Cartwright specialised in the philosophy of the natural sciences, especially physics; in the second half, at the London School of Economics and now Durham and UCSD, she specialised in philosophy and methodology of the social sciences with special attention to economics. Her current research focusses on objectivity and evidence, especially for evidence-based policy.