William Herbert Dray (born Montreal June 23, 1921; died Toronto August 6, 2009) was a Canadian philosopher of history. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa.^[1]

He is known for his version of anti-positivist Verstehen in history, in Laws and Explanation in History,^[2] and his work on R. G. Collingwood.

Publications

• Laws and Explanation in History (1957) with chapters:

• The Covering Law Model
• The Doctrine of Implicit Definition
• Explaining and Predicting
• Causal Laws and Causal Analysis
• The Rationale of Action
• Explaining Why and Explaining How

References

• Canadian Encyclopedia page

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