Historical Explanation: An Anti-Causalist Approach

By Gunnar Schumann

This book is concerned with the appropriate form of explanations in historiography and the social sciences. It combines action theory and philosophy of historiography and develops a theory of teleological explanations of human actions based on late-Wittgensteinian and Ordinary Language Philosophy insights.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032586540
• ISBN13: 9781032586540
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"