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The Quarrel About Historical Explanation
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The discussion of the philosophical question of historical explanation
is in reality a disagreement concerning the nature of the philosophic method.
There are primarily two sides taken in this argument, those who agree
with Carl Hempel and those that do not.
According to Hempel a historical event ....
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....reement
stops for even the groups starting points are different.
Hempelians give their explanations to answer the question of why
something happened. Their objective is to replace curiosity with understanding.
For this to happen both the laws and general rules given must logically agree.
In other words you must be able to deduce the answer after given the laws and
rules.
It would not be enough for a Hempelian to hear that conditions led up to
an event. He must know himself that these conditi.... |
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