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Name
  
William Dray


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Died
  
August 6, 2009, Toronto, Canada

Books
  
Laws and explanation in history, History as re‑enactment, On history and philosoph, Philosophy of History, Perspectives on history

William Herbert Dray (23 June 1921, in Montreal – 6 August 2009, in Toronto) was a Canadian philosopher of history. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa.

He is known for his version of anti-positivist Verstehen in history, in Laws and Explanation in History, and his work on R. G. Collingwood.

Publications

  • Laws and Explanation in History (1957) with chapters:
  • 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

    • References

    William Herbert Dray Wikipedia
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