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OverviewIs the appropriate form of human action explanation causal or rather teleological? While this is a central question in analytic philosophy of action, it also has implications for questions about the differences between methods of explanation in the sciences on the one hand and in the humanities and the social sciences on the other. Additionally, this question bears on the problem of the appropriate form of explanations of past human actions, and therefore it is prominently discussed by analytic philosophers of historiography. This volume brings together causalists and anti-causalists to address enduring philosophical questions at the heart of this debate, as well as their implications for the practice of historiography. Part I considers the quarrel between causalism and anti-causalism in recent developments in the philosophy of action. Part II presents papers by causalists and anti-causalists that are more narrowly focused on the philosophy of historiography. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gunnar SchumannPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.521kg ISBN: 9781138584402ISBN 10: 1138584401 Pages: 270 Publication Date: 11 June 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction Gunnar Schumann Part I: Causal vs. Teleological Explanation of Action 2. Causalism: On Action Explanation and Causal Deviance Alfred Mele 3. Why and How? Teleological and Causal Concepts in Action Explanation George F. Schueler 4. Rationalizing Principles and Causal Explanation Guido Löhrer and Scott R. Sehon 5. On an Imaginary Dialogue Between a Causalist and an Anti-causalist Giuseppina D’Oro 6. Reasons, Causes, Desires, and Dispositions Severin Schroeder 7. Objectivism and Causalism about Reasons for Action Hans-Johann Glock and Eva Schmidt 8. Are Reasons Like Shampoo? Constanine Sandis Part II: Causal vs. Teleological Explanation in Historiography 9. Counterfactual Causality and Historical Explanations Doris Gerber 10. Beyond Causalism and Acausalism Harold Kincaid 11. Two Methods in History Thomas Keutner 12. An Anti-causal Theory of Action as Basis for Historical Explanations. A Sketch Gunnar Schumann 13. Meanings and Mechanisms: An Actor-centered Approach to Historical Explanation Daniel Little 14. The Origins of Historiographic Causation Aviezer TuckerReviewsAuthor InformationGunnar Schumann is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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