Explanation and Understanding

WRIGHT, Georg Henrik von

ISBN 10: 0710072198 ISBN 13: 9780710072191

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971

Language: English

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Title

Explanation and Understanding

Publisher

Routledge & Kegan Paul

Publication Date

1971

Language

English

ISBN 10

0710072198

ISBN 13

9780710072191

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

Book Type

Binding sound, text unmarked

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"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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"This is very good book packed with much original material it also contains illuminating reinterpretations of some familiar theories and arguments."

"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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