William Herbert Dray
William H. Dray | |
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Born | Montreal, Canada | 23 June 1921
Died | 6 August 2009 | (aged 87)
Occupation | Writer, Philosopher, Professor |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of Toronto (BA) Oxford University (BA, MA, DPhil) |
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.[1]
He is known for his version of anti-positivist Verstehen in history, in Laws and Explanation in History,[2] and his work on R. G. Collingwood.
Selected publications[]
- Dray, William H. "Laws and explanation in history." (1957).
- Dray, William H. History as re-enactment: RG Collingwood's idea of history. Clarendon Press, 1999.
- Dray, William H. "Philosophy of history." (1966).
- Dray, William H. "Holism and individualism in history and social science." (1967).
- Dray, William H. "On the nature and role of narrative in historiography." History and theory 10.2 (1971): 153–171.
- Dray, William H. On history and philosophers of history. Vol. 2. Brill, 1989.
Notes[]
- ^ Official page
- ^ Michael Martin, Verstehen: The Uses of Understanding in the Social Sciences (2000), p. 103.
References[]
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 2009 deaths
- 20th-century Canadian philosophers
- Analytic philosophers
- Canadian philosophers
- Philosophers of history