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Analysis
Northcott, Robert (2005) Comparing apples with oranges. Analysis 65 (1), pp. 12-18. ISSN 0003-2638.
Biology & Philosophy
Northcott, Robert (2006) Causal efficacy and the analysis of variance. Biology & Philosophy 21 (2), pp. 253-276. ISSN 0169-3867.
Disputatio
Northcott, Robert (2017) When are purely predictive models best? Disputatio 9 (47), pp. 631-656. ISSN 0873-626X.
Economics and Philosophy
Northcott, Robert and Alexandrova, A. (2004) 'The Scientific Study of Society', by Max Steuer, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, xiii + 464 pages. [Book Review]
Erkenntnis
Northcott, Robert (2019) Free will is not a testable hypothesis. Erkenntnis 84 , pp. 617-631. ISSN 0165-0106.
European Journal for Philosophy of Science
Northcott, Robert (2022) Reflexivity and fragility. European Journal for Philosophy of Science 12 (43), ISSN 1879-4912.
Journal of Economic Methodology
Northcott, Robert and Alexandrova, A. and Wright, J. (2021) Back to the big picture. Journal of Economic Methodology 28 (1), pp. 54-59. ISSN 1350-178X.
Northcott, Robert (2019) Prediction versus accommodation in economics. Journal of Economic Methodology 26 (1), pp. 59-69. ISSN 1350-178X.
Alexandrova, A. and Northcott, Robert (2013) It's just a feeling: why economic models do not explain. Journal of Economic Methodology 20 (3), pp. 262-267. ISSN 1350-178X.
Journal of Philosophy
Northcott, Robert (2009) Is actual difference making Robert Northcott actually different? Journal of Philosophy 106 (11), pp. 629-634. ISSN 0022-362X.
Perspectives on Psychological Science
Diener, E. and Northcott, Robert and Zyphur, M. and West, S. (2022) Beyond experiments. Perspectives on Psychological Science 17 (4), pp. 1101-1119. ISSN 1745-6916.
Philosophers Imprint
Northcott, Robert (2018) Conceived this way: innateness defended. Philosophers Imprint 18 (18), pp. 1-16. ISSN 1533-628X.
Philosophical Studies
Northcott, Robert (2010) Natural-born determinists: a new defense of causation as probability-raising. Philosophical Studies 150 (1), pp. 1-20. ISSN 0031-8116.
Northcott, Robert (2008) Causation and contrast classes. Philosophical Studies 139 (1), pp. 111-123. ISSN 0031-8116.
Philosophy of Medicine
Northcott, Robert (2022) Pandemic modeling, good and bad. Philosophy of Medicine 3 (1), ISSN 2692-3963.
Philosophy of Science
Northcott, Robert (2018) The efficiency question in economics. Philosophy of Science 85 (5), pp. 1140-1151. ISSN 0031-8248.
Northcott, Robert (2015) Opinion polling and election predictions. Philosophy of Science 82 (5), pp. 1260-1271. ISSN 0031-8248.
Northcott, Robert (2010) Walsh on causes and evolution. Philosophy of Science 77 (3), pp. 457-467. ISSN 0031-8248.
Northcott, Robert (2005) Pearson's wrong turning: against statistical measures of causal efficacy. Philosophy of Science 72 (5), pp. 900-912. ISSN 0031-8248.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Northcott, Robert (2008) Weighted explanations in history. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 38 (1), pp. 76-96. ISSN 0048-3931.
Quarterly Review of Biology
Northcott, Robert (2008) Can ANOVA measure causal strength? Quarterly Review of Biology 83 (1), pp. 47-55. ISSN 0033-5770.
Ratio
Northcott, Robert (2016) A dilemma for the Doomsday Argument. Ratio 29 (3), pp. 268-282. ISSN 0034-0006.
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
Northcott, Robert (2019) Big data and prediction: four case studies. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A , ISSN 0039-3681.
Synthese
Northcott, Robert (2021) Pre-emption cases may support, not undermine, the counterfactual theory of causation. Synthese 198 , pp. 537-555. ISSN 0039-7857.
Northcott, Robert (2013) Verisimilitude: a causal approach. Synthese 190 (9), pp. 1471-1488. ISSN 0039-7857.
Northcott, Robert (2012) Degree of explanation. Synthese , ISSN 0039-7857.
Theoria
Northcott, Robert (2009) On Lewis, Schaffer and the non-reductive evaluation of counterfactuals. Theoria 75 (4), pp. 336-343. ISSN 1755-2567.
Utilitas
Northcott, Robert (2015) Harm and causation. Utilitas 27 (2), pp. 147-164. ISSN 0953-8208.