Explanation in Action Theory and Historiography : Causal and Teleological Approaches 9780429000645, 0429000642, 9780429000652, 0429000650, 9780429000669, 0429000669, 9780429506048, 042950604X
Is the appropriate form of human action explanation causal or rather teleological? While this is a central question in a
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Table of contents :
1. Introduction Gunnar SchumannPart I: Causal vs. Teleological Explanation of Action2. Causalism: On Action Explanation and Causal DevianceAlfred Mele3. Why and How? Teleological and Causal Concepts in Action ExplanationGeorge F. Schueler4. Rationalizing Principles and Causal ExplanationGuido Loehrer and Scott R. Sehon5. On an Imaginary Dialogue Between a Causalist and an Anti-causalist Giuseppina D'Oro6. Reasons, Causes, Desires, and DispositionsSeverin Schroeder7. Objectivism and Causalism about Reasons for ActionHans-Johann Glock and Eva Schmidt8. Are Reasons Like Shampoo?Constanine SandisPart II: Causal vs. Teleological Explanation in Historiography9. Counterfactual Causality and Historical ExplanationsDoris Gerber10. Beyond Causalism and AcausalismHarold Kincaid11. Two Methods in HistoryThomas Keutner12. An Anti-causal Theory of Action as Basis for Historical Explanations. A SketchGunnar Schumann13. Meanings and Mechanisms: An Actor-centered Approach to Historical ExplanationDaniel Little14. The Origins of Historiographic CausationAviezer Tucker
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