Peter Winch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Winch

British philosopher

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1926

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 27-Apr-1997

Profession: university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Peter Guy Winch (14 January 1926 – 27 April 1997) was a British philosopher known for his contributions to the philosophy of social science, Wittgenstein scholarship, ethics, and the philosophy of religion.
Winch is perhaps most famous for his early book, The Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy (1958), an attack on positivism in the social sciences, drawing on the work of R.
G.
Collingwood and Ludwig Wittgenstein's later philosophy.