Explanation and Understanding (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
278
Utgivningsdatum
2014-08-15
Förlag
Routledge
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illustrations
Illustrationer
illustrations
Dimensioner
234 x 156 x 13 mm
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780415762090

Explanation and Understanding

av Von Wright Georg Henrik
Häftad,  Engelska, 2014-08-15
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This volume distinguishes between two main traditions in the philosophy of science - the aristotelian, with its stress on explanation in terms of purpose and intentionality, and the galilean, which takes causal explanation as primary. It then traces the complex history of these competing traditions as they are manifested in such movements as positivism, idealism, Marxism and contemporary linguistic analysis. Hempels's theory of scientific explanation, the claims of cybernetics the rise of an analytic philosophy of action and the revival of hermenuetics are all discussed. The volume also deals with causal explanation, intentionality and teleological explanation, and explanation in history and the social sciences. The author concludes that explanation of human actions cannot be reduced to simple causality, and discusses the implications of this conclusion for the disciplines of history and sociology.

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Preface I: Two Traditions II: Causality and Causal Explanation III: Intentionality and Teleological Explanation IV: Explanation in History and the Social Sciences

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