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Unification, Deduction, and History: A Reply to Steel
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 April 2022
Abstract
Daniel Steel argues that a causal theory of explanation can account for Ferguson's anthropological theory of Yanomami warfare but that a unification theory of explanation cannot. I argue that a unification theory can explain such an account, in a manner similar to Hempel's view of explanation in history. I go on to argue that the unification theory allows for different explanations of specific and general social circumstances.
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I would like to thank Dan Steel, Jackie Maloy, and an anonymous referee for many helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper.
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