Abstract
The competing explanations of historians have recently attracted the attention of philosophers of history in the English-speaking world. Examples are W. H. Dray's writings, especially his analysis of causation in A. J. P. Taylor's account of the Second World War;1 Alan Donagan's model of verifying alternative historical explanations;2 and M. Hammond's article about weighting causes in historical explanation.3 The best analysis seems to be that of Raymond Martin, who has done a good job in clarifying many key questions.4 He writes:
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