Detalls del llibre
Possibilities haunt history. The force of our explanations of events turns on the alternative possibilities those explanations suggest. It is these possible worlds that give us our understanding; and in human affairs, we decide them by practical rather than theoretical judgment. In this widely acclaimed account of the role of counterfactuals in explanation, Geoffrey Hawthorn deploys extended examples to defend his argument. His conclusions cast doubt on existing assumptions about the nature and place of theory, and indeed of the possibility of knowledge itself, in the human sciences.
Llegir més - Autor/a Geoffrey (University Of Cambridge) Hawthorn
- ISBN13 9780521457767
- ISBN10 0521457769
- Pàgines 192
- Any Edició 1993
- Fecha de publicación 18/11/1993
- Idioma Alemany, Francès
Ressenyes i valoracions
Plausible Worlds: Possibility and Understanding in History and the Social Sciences (Alemany, Francès)
- De
- Geoffrey (University Of Cambridge) Hawthorn
- 9780521457767



