James Francis Woodward (born 1946)[citation needed] is an American philosopher who works mainly in philosophy of science with particular emphasis on causation and scientific explanation.
This work has broad applicability to many sciences, including biology, neuroscience, psychology, medicine, economics, physics, among others.
The interventionist account is specifically designed to model the use of causal explanations in science and draws upon the manipulation of variables in scientific practice.
This account is detailed in many of his publications and in his book Making Things Happen (2003), which won the 2005 Lakatos Award.
In 2005, Woodward’s book Making Things Happen won the Lakatos Award in Philosophy of Science.
"Moral Intuition: Its Neural Substrates and Normative Significance" (co-authored with John Allman) Journal of Physiology- Paris 101 (2007), pp.