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32340. Achinstein, Peter, 1935-. The Nature of Explanation. New York : Oxford University Press, 1985, 2d printing, ix, 385pp., PAPERBACK, very good, but corners lightly bumped, $24
. ISBN 019503743X


33289. Bachelard, Gaston, 1884-1962. Ètudes. Présentation de Georges Canguilhem. Paris, J. Vrin, 1970, 97pp., small sewn PAPERBACK, good used copy but cover quite soiled around edges, $20
Reprints essays from the early 1930s. Bibliothèque des textes philosophiques. This copy Dépot légal: 1970. CONTENTS: Noumène et microphysique. - Le monde comme caprice et miniature. - Lumière et substance. - Critique préliminaire du concept de frontiére épistémologique. - Idéalisme discursif.


28410. Bachelard, Gaston, 1884-1962. La formation du concept de réflexe aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1955, 1ere edition, 206pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, small tear at top of spine, $125
Bibliothèque de philosophie contemporaine. Logique et philosophie des sciences.


17254. Barker, Stephen Francis. Induction and hypothesis. A study of the logic of confirmation. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press [1957], xvi, 203pp. 23 cm, very good blue-gray cloth, INSCRIBED by Steve Barker to Israel Scheffler. $41
Contemporary philosophy series.


17985. Borillo, Mario. Informatique pour les sciences de l'homme: limites de la formalisation du raisonnement. Bruxelles: P. Mardaga, 1984, 210 p. : ill. ; 22 cm., PAPERBACK, very good, $22
Philosophie et langage. ISBN 2870092024


18078. Cam, Philip / Tamthai, Mark / Tachikawa, Akira, ed.. Science and Human Values in Asia Today. Seoul, Korea: The Korean National Commission for UNESCO, 2001, 191pp., large PAPERBACK, very good, $12
APPEND philosophy series, vol. 3. ISBN 8988686209


17634. Cheng, Chung-ying, 1935-. Peirce's and Lewis' theories of induction. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1969, 206pp., very good sewn paper wraps, INSCRIBED by the author to Israel Scheffler. $45
Based on a Harvard thesis, 1964.


31586. Cohen, Robert S. / Wartofsky, Marx W.. Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science (1966/1968). Proceedings. Dordrecht, Holland D. Reidel Publishing Co., 1969, viii, 537pp., good dust-jacket torn at top of front cover, very good blue cloth, $25
Boston studies in the philosophy of science, vol. 4. Contributors include Geschwind ("The Work and Influence of Wernicke"), Wernicke, Efron, Skolimowski, Wolniewicz, Henry Ruf, Crosson, Lucien Goldmann, Petrovic, Leon J. Goldstein, Michael Martin, Abraham Edel, Ruth Anna Putnam, William Rudnick, Joseph Agassi, others.


17284. Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978. Scientific principles and moral conduct: the twentieth Arthur Stanley Eddington memorial lecture delivered at Princeton University, 15 November 1966. Cambridge, Cambridge U.P., 1967, 48pp. 19 cm, very good dust-jacket, very good cloth, previous owner's name: Israel Scheffler, $12
Arthur Stanley Eddington memorial lecture, 20.


4613. Conant, James B., 1893-1978. Scientific Principles and Moral Conduct. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1967, 47pp., very good dust-jacket, very good small red cloth, $7.5
.


17278. Dotterer, Ray Harbaugh, 1880-1967. Philosophy by way of the sciences. An introductory textbook. New York, Macmillan, 1929, xv, 469pp. diagrs. 21 cm, good brown cloth, spine faded, foredge lightly stained, previous owner's name: Israel Scheffler, $15
.


25459. Grene, Majorie G., 1910-2009. Reprint: "People and other Animals". Reprint from: Philosophical Forum, 3, 1971. Philosophical Forum, 1971, 157-172pp., very good stapled offprint, INSCRIBED briefly: "Greetings / M.". $40
.


31951. Hausdorff, Felix, 1868-1942. Zwischen Chaos und Kosmos : oder, Vom Ende der Metaphysik. Einleitung von Max Bense.. Baden-Baden : Agis-Verlag, 1976, 209pp., PAPERBACK, good used copy, but ink marks in margins on about 5 pages, $35
Published in 1898 under the pseudonym Paul Mongré and with the title: Das Chaos in kosmischer Auslese. Substantial introduction by Bense, 11-pages. ISBN 3870070137


17147. Hawkins, David, 1913-. The language of nature. An essay in the philosophy of science. Drawings by Evan L. Gillespie. San Francisco, W. H. Freeman [1964], xii, 372pp. illus. 24 cm, very good cloth, previous owner's name: Israel Scheffler, $15
.


17729. Kahl, Russell, ed.. Studies in Explanation. A Reader in the Philosophy of Science. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963, 363pp., very good dust-jacket with a few minor tears, very good green cloth, previous owner's name: Israel Scheffler, $7.5
.


27705. Lerner, Daniel, 1917-1980, ed.. Quantity and quality: The Hayden colloquium on scientific method and concept. New York: Free Press of Glencoe, 1961, 221 p. diagrs. 22 cm., very good dust-jacket, very good green cloth, INSCRIBED by editor Dan Lerner to Ithiel Pool. $35
Contributors: Daniel Lerner, John G. Kemeny, Victor F. Weisskopf, S. S. Stevens, Walter A. Rosenblith, Harold D. Lasswell, Wassily Leontief, Joseph J. Spengler.


27704. Lerner, Daniel, 1917-1980, ed.. Parts and wholes. New York, Free Press of Glencoe, 1963, 180pp., good dust-jacket, but with marks on front cover, very good orange cloth, INSCRIBED by editor Dan Lerner to Ithiel Pool. $35
The Hayden colloquium on scientific method and concept. Contributors include Daniel Lerner, Edward Purcell, Simon Kuznets, Simon Ramo, Clyde Kluckhohn, Ernest Nagel, Roman Jakobson, I. A. Richards.


17511. Madden, Edward H., ed.. Scientific thought. An introduction to Philosophy of Science. Boston, Houghton Mifflin 1960, 381pp. illus. 25 cm, very good large blue cloth, previous owner's name: Israel Scheffler, $9
Anthology of important essays.


18310. Mie, Gustav, 1868-1957. Naturwissenschaft und Theologie. Leipzig, Akademische verlagsgesellschaft m. b. h., 1932, 1932, 38pp., very good small sewn paper wraps, foxing to bottom edge of some pages, $25
.


31757. Neurath, Otto, 1882-1945. Einheitswissenschaft und Psychologie. Wien : Gerold & Co., 1933, 31pp., PAPERBACK, original covers, good copy, but covers worn and bumped around edges, $150
Einheitswissenschaft, Heft 1.


24069. Obler, Paul C., ed.. The new scientist: essays on the methods and values of modern science. Edited by Paul C. Obler and Herman A. Estrin. Garden City, N.Y., Anchor Books, 1962, 1962, stated First Edition, 316pp., small PAPERBACK, very good, $7.5
cover design by Hiram Ash. Anchor A319. A Doubleday Anchor Original (but essays are reprinted from other sources). Contributors Gerald Holton, Louis Armand, Francis Bello, Anne roe, Warren Weaver, Bertrand Russell, Dael Wolfe, C. P. Snow, J. Bronowski, Eugene Rabinowitch, George Boas, Howard, F. Fehr, Bentley Glass, L. Arnaud Reid, E. A. Burtt, Alfred Stern, P. W. Bridgman.


17724. Park, Ynhui. Reality, Rationality and Value. Seoul, Korea: Seoul National University Press, 1998, stated first printing, 306pp., very good sewn paper wraps, nicely INSCRIBED by the author to Israel and Rosalind Scheffler. $20
. ISBN 8970963014


17062. Passmore, John Arthur. Science and its critics. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1978, ix, 100pp., 24 cm, very good dust-jacket, very good cloth, previous owner's name: Israel Scheffler, $12
Mason Welch Gross lectureship series. ISBN 0813508525


18324. Planck, Max, 1858-1947. Positivismus und reale Aussenwelt. Vortrag, gehalten am 12. November 1930 im Harnack-Haus der Kaiser Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 1931, 35pp. 20 cm, very good sewn paper wraps, $75
.


33498. Poincaré, Henri, 1854-1912. Science and hypothesis. With a preface by J. Larmor. New York: Dover Publications, copyright 1952, this printing probably around 1971, 244pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, $6
. ISBN 0486602214


24024. Schoeck, Helmut, ed.. Scientism and values. Edited by Helmut Schoeck and James W. Wiggins. Princeton, N.J., Van Nostrand, 1960, 270pp., poor dust-jacket stained on back, wrinkled, chipped, very good brown cloth, but white marks from jacket on rear cover where it was stuck and removed, otherwise clean, INSCRIBED by co-editor Jim Wiggins to Don Marshall. $20
Contributors include: Werkmeister, Couch, Vivias, Richard M. Weaver, James Wiggins, Helmut Schoeck, Pieter Geyl, Murray Rothbard, Ralph Lewis, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Robert Strausz-Hupé, Henry Kariel. - Bertalanffy's essay, one of his lighter productions, does include interesting passages on Spengler, relating his approach to systems theory.


31747. Serres, Michel, 1930-. Le Système de Leibniz et ses modèles mathématiques. Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1968, 1ère édition, 836pp., sewn PAPERBACK, two volumes, very good with some light cover wear, $100
Tome 1. Étoiles - Tome. 2. Schémas - Point. Series: "Epiméthée".


17235. Thomas, Lewis, 1913-. Late night thoughts on listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony. New York: Viking Press, 1983, vi, 168pp., 21 cm, very good dust-jacket, very good half-cloth, $7.5
.