Cartwright, Nancy (2012) Presidential address: will this policy work for you?: predicting effectiveness better: how philosophy helps. Philosophy of Science, 79 (5). ISSN 0031-8248
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There is a takeover movement fast gaining influence in development economics, a movement that demands that predictions about development outcomes be based on randomized controlled trials. The problem it takes up—of using evidence of efficacy from good studies to predict whether a policy will be effective if we implement it—is a general one, and affects us all. My discussion is the result of a long struggle to develop the right concepts to deal with the problem of warranting effectiveness predictions. Whether I have it right or not, these are questions of vast social importance that philosophers of science can, and should, help answer.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journa... |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 Philosophy of Science Association |
| Divisions: | Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method CPNSS |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jun 2011 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2024 01:36 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/37070 |
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