* '''Robert Northcott''' | [http://robertnorthcott.weebly.com/ Website] | [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)
** 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
=== University of Bristol ===