Laws and explanation in history

One of the critical pieces on the philosophy of history was published as Laws and Explanation in History in 1957. Now the hist-analytic site, run by Stephen Bayne, has added the entirety of the book online to its growing list of significant philosophical contributions to the philosophy of history. Links to PDFs below the fold.

Laws and Explanation in History
by William Dray

The Covering Law Model

The Doctrine of Implicit Law

Explaining and Prediction

Causal Laws and Causal Analysis

The Rationale of Actions

Explaining Why and Explaining How

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