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Ruben, David-Hillel was born on July 25, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Arrived in United Kingdom, 1969. Son of Blair Stanley and Sylvia Toby (Ginsberg) Ruben.
(This second edition of David-Hillel Ruben's influential a...)
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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This book introduces readers to the topic of explanation. The insights of Plato, Aristotle, J.S. Mill and Carl Hempel are examined, and are used to argue against the view that explanation is merely a problem for the philosophy of science. Having established its importance for understanding knowledge in general, the book concludes with a bold and original explanation of explanation.
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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.
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Ruben, David-Hillel was born on July 25, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Arrived in United Kingdom, 1969. Son of Blair Stanley and Sylvia Toby (Ginsberg) Ruben.
Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1971.
Lecturer philosophy Glasgow (Scotland) University, 1970-1975, University Essex, Wivenhoe, United Kingdom, 1975-1979. Senior lecturer philosophy City University, London, 1979-1984. Professor philosophy London School of Economics, 1984-1998.
Director London School Jewish Studies University London, 1998-1999. Director New York University in London affiliate New York University, since 2000. Senator University London, 1991-2000.
Director (part-time) School Oriental and African Studies, London, since 2000.
(This second edition of David-Hillel Ruben's influential a...)
(David-Hillel Ruben mounts a defence of some unusual and o...)
(This book introduces readers to the topic of explanation....)
Deputy Board of Deputies of British Jews, London, 1991-1992. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Alice Eyra Karlinsky, September 6, 1968. Children: Anna Lilian, Sophie Rachel, Simon Daniel.