Nancy Cartwright

Also known as Nancy Lynn Delaney Cartwright

Nancy Cartwright, Lady Hampshire es una filósofa de la ciencia estadounidense. Es profesora de filosofía en la University of California, San Diego y en la University of Durham. Actualmente, es la expresidenta de la Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST) de la International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology bajo el International Science Council (ISC).

Occupation: philosopher, university teacher
Position held: President of the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Citizenship: United States
Born: January 24, 1944

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Nancy Cartwright, Lady Hampshire, (nacida el 24 de junio de 1944) es una filósofa de la ciencia estadounidense. Es profesora de filosofía en la University of California en San Diego y en la University of Durham. Actualmente, es la presidenta de la Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology de la International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. Education and career Cartwright obtuvo su licenciatura en la University of Pittsburgh en matemáticas y su doctorado en filosofía en la University of Illinois at Chicago (Congress Circle campus). Su tesis versó sobre el concepto de mezcla en mecánica cuántica. Antes de asumir sus cargos actuales, impartió clases en la University of Maryland, Stanford University y la London School of Economics. Ha ocupado cargos visitantes en la University of Oslo, Princeton University, Caltech, la University of Pittsburgh, la University of Cambridge y UCLA. Actualmente es Tsing Hua Honorary Distinguished Chair Professor en la National Tsing Hua University en Taiwán y Visiting Research Fellow en Ca' Foscari University en Venecia. Cofundó el Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) en la LSE y el Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) en la University of Durham. Cartwright ha sido mentora de varios estudiantes en Inglaterra y Estados Unidos que se han convertido en filósofos profesionales de la ciencia, entre ellos Naomi Oreskes, Mauricio Suarez, Roman Frigg, Jeremy Howick, Peter Menzies y Hasok Chang. También fue supervisora de Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, lo que posteriormente generó controversia. Cartwright estuvo casada con el filósofo Stuart Hampshire hasta su muerte en 2004. Anteriormente también estuvo casada con el filósofo Ian Hacking. Tiene dos hijas, Emily y Sophie Hampshire Cartwright, y dos nietas, Lucy Charlton y Tabitha Emily Cartwright Spray.

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Also known as Nancy Lynn Delaney Cartwright

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“Rufus because my diaphragm gets a workout while trying to utilize the 18 vocal sounds a mole makes. Chuckie because [...] he's an asthmatic with five personalities rolled into one—plus I have to do the voice the way [Christine Cavanaugh] did it for 10 years.”
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“Every Sunday I’d take a 20-minute bus ride to his house in Beverley Hills for a one-hour lesson and be there for four hours [...] They had four sons, they didn’t have a daughter and I kind of fitted in as the baby of the family.”
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“[Bart's voice] Yo, what’s happenin' man, this is Bart Simpson [laughs], [normal voice] [...] [Bart's voice] Just kidding, don’t hang up, this is Nancy Cartwright.”
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“As long as I was an actress, I was going to find related work in the industry. There were plenty of opportunities. And fortunately I'm just pushy enough to find and get myself in touch with those who can provide such opportunities.”
— pp. 27–28.
“Devious, underachieving, school-hating, irreverent, [and] clever.”
— pp. 35–40

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