A fresh, provocative and engaging treatment of what science really amounts to in society, and of what it can do.

What is science and what can it do? Nancy Cartwright here takes issue with three common images of science: that it amounts to the combination of theory and expe

A survey on the nature of work, integrating conceptual analysis, historical reflection, autobiography and social commentary.

Considers why humans consider themselves superior to all other animals, and whether they are right to do so.

"Three common images of science, widely shared alike by philosophers, scientists and people in general: 1) science = theory + experiment, 2) it's all physics re