William Herbert Dray

William Herbert Dray (born Montreal June 23, 1921; died Toronto August 6, 2009) was a Canadian philosopher of history. He was 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.

Publications

  • The Covering Law Model
  • The Doctrine of Implicit Definition
  • Explaining and Predicting
  • Causal Laws and Causal Analysis
  • The Rationale of Action
  • Explaining Why and Explaining How

Notes

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

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