Cartwright and Anscombe on Causation

Philosopher of science Nancy Cartwright was in attendance at Elizabeth Anscombe’s inaugural Cambridge lecture ‘Causality and Determination’ in 1971 and she has long cited Anscombe as formative influence. This influence shows up in numerous places in Cartwright’s corpus. 

Durham CHESS/In Parenthesis is pleased to host an exploratory workshop on the ways in which Cartwright’s philosophy of causation can be read in light of the work of Elizabeth Anscombe.

Programme 

10.30: Coffee & Welcome

11.00: Nancy Cartwright: Framing Intro, In favour of casual causation

11.30: Carl Hoefer, Anscombe and Cartwright: causation without necessitation

12.10: Roundtable (Chair: CMC)

12.40: Vegetarian Buffet Lunch

1.40: Jen Hornsby, Varieties of Agency, and Indeterminism 

2.20: Roundtable

2.50: Coffee

3.20: Helen Steward, Title tbc

4.00: Roundtable

4.30: Break

4.45: Nancy Cartwright: closing remarks

5.15: END

Later: Drinks & Dinner at Akarsu (https://www.akarsuturkishrestaurantdurham.co.uk)

There are a limited number of places available and the workshop will involve read-ahead material (papers by Cartwright and Anscombe). Prospective participants should be prepared to contribute to discussion. 

If you would like to attend, please send a short motivational note to Clare Mac Cumhaill (c.maccumhaill@gmail.com). There is no registration fee.