William Herbert Dray
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William Herbert Dray is a Canadian philosopher of history. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa
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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
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University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
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He is known for his version of anti-positivist Verstehen
Verstehen
Verstehen is an ordinary German word with exactly the same meaning as the English word "understand". However, since the late 19th century in the context of German philosophy and social sciences, it has also been used in the special sense of "interpretive or participatory examination" of social...
in history, in Laws and Explanation in History, and his work on R. G. Collingwood
R. G. Collingwood
Robin George Collingwood was a British philosopher and historian. He was born at Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands in Lancashire, the son of the academic W. G. Collingwood, and was educated at Rugby School and at University College, Oxford, where he read Greats...
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