William Herbert Dray

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William Herbert Dray (born Montreal 1921) is a Canadian philosopher of history. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa[1].

He is known for his version of anti-positivist Verstehen in history, in Laws and Explanation in History[2], and his work on R. G. Collingwood.

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  1. ^ Official page
  2. ^ Michael Martin, Verstehen: The Uses of Understanding in the Social Sciences (2000), p. 103.
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