Rethinking Order

Nancy Cartwright is Professor of Philosophy both at the University of Durham, UK and the University of California, San Diego, USA. She is former president of the Philosophy of Science Association, a MacArthur fellow and Fellow of the British Academy. She has authored several books, including Hunting Causes and Using Them (2007), and Philosophy of Social Science: A New Introduction, with Eleonora Montuschi (2014).Keith Ward is a Professorial Fellow at Heythrop College, UK. He was ordained Priest of the Church of England in 1972. He has published numerous books, including Rational Theology and the Creativity of God (1984) and Comparative Theology in 5 volumes (1994-2000 and 2008).

• AcknowledgementsContributorsINTRODUCTION Keith Ward (Heythrop College)SECTION 1. The Historical and Philosophical Setting 1. The Rise and Fall of Laws of Nature, Eric Watkins (University of California, San Diego)2. The Dethronement of Laws in Science, Nancy Cartwright (University of Durham and University of California, San Diego)SECTION 2. New Modes of Order in the Natural and Social Sciences3. From Order to Chaos and Back Again, Robert C. Bishop (Wheaton College) and Roman Frigg (London School of Economics)4. Multiple Orders in Biology, Eric Martin (Baylor University) and William Bechtel (University of California, San Diego)5. Realism, Pluralism and Naturalism in Biology, John Dupre (University of Exeter)6. The Making and Maintenance of Social Order, Eleonora Montuschi (University of Venice and London School of Economics) and Rom Harre (London School of Economics)SECTION 3. Free Will after the Laws of Nature7. Freedom and the Causal Order, T.J. Mawson (St Peter's College, Oxford University)8. From Laws to Powers, Steven Horst (Wesleyan University)SECTION 4. Divine Order9. Order in the Relations between Religion and Science? Reflections on the NOMA Principle of Stephen J. Gould, John Hedley Brooke (University of Durham) 10. Concepts of God and the Order of Nature, Keith Ward (Heythrop College)11. From Order to God, Russell ReManning (University of Aberdeen)CONCLUSION Nancy Cartwright (University of Durham and University of California, San Diego)Index

“… [A] strikingly coherent collection. Individually the contributions are clear and interesting. Furthermore, they are written with a broad audience in mind. One need not be a philosopher of science to comprehend the chapters devoted to issues of scientific representation and the order described, nor trained in metaphysics to appreciate the later chapters devoted to agency, free will, and natural theology.