William Herbert Dray

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.