Explanation and Understanding

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Cornell University Press, 1971 - 230 páginas

"Explanation and Understanding, perhaps von Wright's best-known book, showed the influence of Wittgenstein, but marked a clean break with the positivism of his youth. He suggested that human action could not be explained causally by scientific or 'natural' laws, but had to be understood 'intentionally'--a concept connected with wants and beliefs developed in a social and cultural context."--Daily Telegraph"This is a very good book packed with much original material; it also contains illuminating reinterpretations of some familiar theories and arguments. The range of topics treated includes causation, action, verification of gnomic statements, practical inference and its use in the explanation of action, and the structure of explanation in history."--Philosophical Review

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Two Traditions
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The asymmetry of cause and effect This cannot
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The revival of positivism and its immersion in
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The late G. H. von Wright, who succeeded Wittgenstein in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and served as one of three executors of the Wittgenstein estate, was a visiting professor at Cornell University from 1965 to 1977 and finished his career at the University of Helsinki. His many books include The Varieties of Goodness, Norm and Action, The Logic of Preference, and Freedom and Determination.

Informações bibliográficas

TítuloExplanation and Understanding
Contemporary philosophy, ISSN 0414-7790
Contemporary philosophy: Cornell University Press
International library of philosophy and scientific method
AutorGeorg Henrik Wright
Ediçãoreimpressão
EditoraCornell University Press, 1971
Original deUniversidade da Califórnia
Digitalizado22 maio 2008
ISBN0801406447, 9780801406447
Num. págs.230 páginas
  
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