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Wright, Georg Henrik von

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Works: 250 works in 610 publications in 20 languages and 1,781 library holdings
Roles: Editor, Author of introduction, Honoree
Classifications: bc6, 160
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Most widely held works by Georg Henrik von Wright
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26 editions published between and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 82 libraries worldwide
This volume distinguishes between two main traditions in the philosophy of science - the aristotelian, with its stress on explanation in terms of purpose and intentionality, and the galilean, which takes causal explanation as primary. It then traces the complex history of these competing traditions as they are manifested in such movements as positivism, idealism, Marxism and contemporary linguistic analysis. Hempels' theory of scientific explanation, the claims of cybernetics the rise of an analytic philosophy of action and the revival of hermenuetics are all discussed. This volume also deals with causal explanation, intentionality and teleological explanation, and explanation in history and the social sciences. The author concludes that explanation of human actions cannot be reduced to simple causality, and discusses the implications of this conclusion for the disciplines of history and sociology.
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10 editions published between and 1990 in 4 languages and held by 81 libraries worldwide
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24 editions published between and 2006 in 9 languages and held by 64 libraries worldwide
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14 editions published between and 2004 in 6 languages and held by 43 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published between and 1984 in English and held by 43 libraries worldwide
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10 editions published between and 1977 in English and held by 42 libraries worldwide
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5 editions published in in English and held by 40 libraries worldwide
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7 editions published between and 2003 in 4 languages and held by 39 libraries worldwide
Georg Henrik von Wright, philosophe finlandais, successeur de Ludwig Wittgenstein à Cambridge, critique, dans ce livre, les utilisations faites de la notion de progrès dans différents champs sociaux (culturel, juridique). En critique de cette nouvelle idéologie du progrès, il tente d'envisager l'avenir.
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17 editions published between and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 38 libraries worldwide
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7 editions published between and 1967 in English and held by 32 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published between and 1995 in English and German and held by 30 libraries worldwide
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11 editions published between and 1984 in 4 languages and held by 29 libraries worldwide
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9 editions published between and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 28 libraries worldwide
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5 editions published between and 1971 in English and held by 27 libraries worldwide
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13 editions published between and 1979 in English and held by 26 libraries worldwide
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8 editions published between and 1994 in English and German and held by 25 libraries worldwide
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11 editions published between and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 24 libraries worldwide
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9 editions published between and 1995 in English and Italian and held by 23 libraries worldwide
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2 editions published between and 1986 in German and held by 23 libraries worldwide
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12 editions published between and 1984 in Undetermined and English and held by 14 libraries worldwide
 
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