Explanation and Understanding Contributor(s): Von Wright, Georg Henrik (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801406447 ISBN-13: 9780801406447 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $59.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1971 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General - Philosophy | Logic |
Dewey: 121.68 |
LCCN: 72149576 |
Series: Contemporary Philosophy |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.03 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 TelegraphThis 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 |