Plausible worlds: possibility and understanding in history and the social sciences
Auteur :
Hawthorn, Geoffrey
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521457767
Date de publication :
18 nov. 1993
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,6 x 1,2 cm
Poids :
227 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This widely acclaimed account of the role of counterfactuals in explanation deploys extended examples from both history and modern times. Its 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.