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| Heading 1 | Heading 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tradition | John Stuart Mill | Wilhelm Dilthey |
| Timeline | 1840s | 1890s |
| Views | Empiricism, Methodological individualism, Causal explanation as dominant methodological commitments | emphasized meaningfulness of human phenomena, Verstehen, primacy of lived experience in the interpretation of human affairs |
| Perspectives | Empirical and causal | anti-empricist and hermeneutic |
Little, 1995