Cartwright, N. (2012) 'Presidential address : will this policy work for you? Predicting effectiveness better : how philosophy helps.', Philosophy of science., 79 (5). pp. 973-989.
Abstract
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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Full text: | (VoR) Version of Record Download PDF (530Kb) |
Status: | Peer-reviewed |
Publisher Web site: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/668041 |
Publisher statement: | © 2012 by the Philosophy of Science Association. All rights reserved. |
Date accepted: | No date available |
Date deposited: | 21 September 2015 |
Date of first online publication: | December 2012 |
Date first made open access: | No date available |
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