David-Hillel Ruben mounts a defence of some unusual and original positions in the philosophy of action. Written from a point of view out of sympathy with the assumptions of much of contemporary philosophical action theory, his book draws its inspiration from philosophers as diverse as Aristotle, Berkeley, and Marx. Ruben's work is located in the tradition of the metaphysics of action, and will attract much attention from his peers and from students in the field.

Action and Its Explanation

Politics & Social Sciences

Ruben, David-Hillel

Philosophy

Clarendon Press

Written in the analytical tradition of Quine, Chisholm, Putnam and Popper, this study applies the techniques of general metaphysics to an analysis of the social world. David-Hillel Ruben bases his book on four main propositions: that metaphysical individualism concerning social objects is false; that social objects are not wholes whose parts are human individuals; that social properties are not reducible to mental properties; and that methodological individualism gives a false view of explanation in the social sciences. Dr Ruben makes the distinction between individualism as a metaphysical and as a methodological doctrine; he considers individualism as a metaphysical doctrine about the nature and structure of social reality, before going on to assess it from the point of view of the methodology of the social sciences. His arguments criticize both metaphysical and methodological individualism in social science and support a non-reductive approach to social entities and explanation in the social sciences.

The Metaphysics of the Social World

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Marxism and materialism: A study in Marxist theory of knowledge ([Marxist theory and contemporary capitalism)

Humanities Press

Offering a discussion of some of the main historical attempts to explain the concept of explanation, this book examines the works of Plato, Aristotle, John Stuart Mill, and Carl Hempel. Building on and developing the insights of these historical figures, the author introduces an elaboration and defense of his own solution. Not content to confine the concept of explanation to the realm of philosophy of science, he examines it within a far more broadly conceived theory of knowledge, and concludes with his own original and challenging explanation of explanation.

Explaining Explanation (PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY THEIR PAST AND PRESENT)

Routledge

How does one explain the concept of 'explanation'? The attempts of Plato, Aristotle, Mill and Hempel are here examined, and the author provides his own solution to this question, both within philosophy of science and epistemology in general.

Explaining Explanation (Problems of Philosophy)

Written in the analytical tradition of Quine, Chisholm, Putnam and Popper, this study applies the techniques of general metaphysics to an analysis of the social world. David-Hillel Ruben bases his book on four main propositions: that metaphysical individualism concerning social objects is false; that social objects are not wholes whose parts are human individuals; that social properties are not reducible to mental properties; and that methodological individualism gives a false view of explanation in the social sciences. Dr Ruben makes the distinction between individualism as a metaphysical and as a methodological doctrine; he considers individualism as a metaphysical doctrine about the nature and structure of social reality, before going on to assess it from the point of view of the methodology of the social sciences. His arguments criticize both metaphysical and methodological individualism in social science and support a non-reductive approach to social entities and explanation in the social sciences.

Routledge& Kegan Paul

A proposition of a reflection theory necessary for a realist world outlook, with discussions of Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, and Lenin.

Marxism and Materialism: A Study in Marxist Theory of Knowledge

Harvester Press

Issues in Marxist Philosophy: Dialectics and Method v. 1

Mepham, John

BRANCH LINE

Explaining Explanation

This second edition of David-Hillel Ruben's influential and highly acclaimed book on the philosophy of explanation has been revised and expanded, and the author has made substantial changes in light of the extensive reviews the first edition received. Ruben's views on the place of laws in explanation has been refined and clarified. What is perhaps the central thesis of the book, his realist view of explanation, describing the way in which explanation depends on metaphysics, has been updated and extended and engages with some of the work in this area published since the book's first edition.

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Action and Its Explanation

The Metaphysics of the Social World

Marxism and materialism: A study in Marxist theory of knowledge ([Marxist theory and contemporary capitalism)

Explaining Explanation (PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY THEIR PAST AND PRESENT)

Explaining Explanation (Problems of Philosophy)

The Metaphysics of the Social World

Marxism and Materialism: A Study in Marxist Theory of Knowledge

Issues in Marxist Philosophy: Dialectics and Method v. 1

Explaining Explanation

Explaining Explanation