| 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, proposed method of Verstehen and primacy of lived experience in the interpretation of human affairs |
| Perspectives | Empirical and Causal | Anti-empiricist and Hermeneutic |
| Supported by | Political scientists | Interpretive sociologist and Anthropologists |
| Liked by | Analytical philosophers | Continental philosophers |
Little, 1995