Cartwright, Nancy (2009) Evidence-based policy: what's to be done about relevance? Philosophical Studies, 143 (1). pp. 127-136. ISSN 0031-8116
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How can philosophy of science be of more practical use? One thing we can do is provide practicable advice about how to determine when one empirical claim is relevant to the truth of another; i.e., about evidential relevance. This matters especially for evidence-based policy, where advice is thin—and misleading—about how to tell what counts as evidence for policy effectiveness. This paper argues that good efficacy results (as in randomized controlled trials), which are all the rage now, are only a very small part of the story. To tell what facts are relevant for judging policy effectiveness, we need to construct causal scenarios about will happen when the policy is implemented.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.springerlink.com/content/0031-8116/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2009 Springer |
| Divisions: | Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method CPNSS |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2011 11:27 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 22:40 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/30214 |
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