Does not try to give an explanation in simple words but instead looks for a new. By h hatziioannou 17 nature of action explanations is examined through von wrights noncausal approach. Explanation and understanding revisited philarchive. Wittgenstein on musical depth and our knowledge of humankind. Making something happen where causation and agency.
Georg henrik von wright 14 de junho de 116 16 de junho de 2003 foi um filósofo finlandês que sucedeu a ludwig wittgenstein como professor da universidade de cambridge. Rush rhees, georg henrik von wright and elizabeth anscombe are well known as. Healing the rift journal for the history of analytical philosophy. In time, though, he returned to his native country and since 161 has been research professor. He suggested that human action could not be explained causally by scientific or natural laws, but had to be understood intentionallya concept connected with wants and beliefs developed in a social and cultural context. It is a question that, as von wright remarks, can even be asked about the claim to knowledge, and that was asked. Pdf ebook understanding and explanation download full. Walking and talking with georg henrik von wright an early memory of georg henrik von wright from my student days. Georg henrik von wright makes a distinction between two traditions in the. The finnish philosopher georg henrik von wright, gifford lecturer in 15 and 160, was one of the most prominent european philosophers of the 20th century. Explanation and understanding von wright georg henrik 2013121 this volume distinguishes between two main traditions in the philosophy. Georg henrik von wright was born in helsinki on 14 june 116. Von wright distinguishes two traditions in the history of science and philosophy.
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