William Herbert Dray
{{Short description|Canadian philosopher (1921–2009)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = William H. Dray
| alma_mater = University of Toronto (BA)
Oxford University (BA, MA, DPhil)
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1921|6|23}}
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|8|6|1921|8|23}}
| occupation = Writer, Philosopher, Professor
}}
William Herbert Dray (23 June 1921, in Montreal – 6 August 2009, in Toronto) was a Canadian philosopher of history. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa.[http://www.philosophy.uottawa.ca/faculty/dray.html Official page]
He is known for his version of anti-positivist Verstehen in history, in Laws and Explanation in History,Michael Martin, Verstehen: The Uses of Understanding in the Social Sciences (2000), p. 103. and his work on R. G. Collingwood.
Selected publications
- Dray, William H. Laws and explanation in history. Oxford University Press, 1957.
- Dray, William H. Philosophy of history. Prentice-Hall 1964.
- Dray, William H. Holism and individualism in history and social science. 1967.
- Dray, William H. 'On the nature and role of narrative in historiography', in History and theory 10.2 (1971): 153–171.
- Dray, William H. On history and philosophers of history, vol. 2 of Philosophy of History and Culture, ed. by Krausz, Michael. Brill, 1989.
- Dray, William H. History as re-enactment: RG Collingwood's idea of history. Clarendon Press, 1996.
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References
- [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/william-herbert-dray Canadian Encyclopedia page]
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Category:20th-century Canadian philosophers
Category:Analytic philosophers
Category:21st-century Canadian philosophers
Category:Philosophers of history
Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford