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Author:   Gunnar Schumann
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.150kg
ISBN:  

9781138584402

ISBN 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  
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Table of Contents

1. 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 Tucker

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Gunnar Schumann is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany

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