Against reductionism and purism

tertium datur

Maria Makai

pp. 27-58

in: Juha Manninen, Raimo Tuomela (eds), Essays on explanation and understanding, Berlin, Springer, 1976

Abstract

Beginning in medias res: My point of departure concerning the age-long dispute between causalists and finalists is that I find the same fault with von Wright¹ as he with Peter Winch, namely the absence of the specific teleological aspect.

Cited authors

Winch Peter