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* '''Robert Northcott''', [http://www.worldcat.org/title/approximate-truth-and-causal-strength-in-science/oclc/500198463&referer=brief_results Ph.D. 2004] London School of Economics (advisors: Colin Howson and Nancy Cartwright)** Website [http://www.bbk.ac.uk/philosophy/our-staff/academics/dr-robert-northcott 1], [http://robertnorthcott.weebly.com/ 2], [http://robertnorthcott.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/7/0/28709263/cvpublic3.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/2414 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of science, and especially the ‘special sciences’ such as biology and economics; metaphysics, especially the notions of causation and causal explanation; analysis of use of statistical techniques to measure causation, the place of causal explanation in evolutionary theory; role played by formal theory in economics (via website)
** Website [http://www.bbk.ac.uk/philosophy/our-staff/academics/dr-robert-northcott 1], [http://robertnorthcott.weebly.com/ 2], [http://robertnorthcott.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/7/0/28709263/cvpublic3.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/2414 PhilPapers]
** Ph.D. 2004 London School of Economics
*** Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/500198463 Approximate truth and causal strength in science]
*** Advisors: Colin Howson and Nancy Cartwright
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