Bartley W W Ed (68 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have slight handling wear. Contents: Alexander, The Civil War as institutional fulfillment. Schafer, New Orleans slavery in 1850 as seen in advertisements. Hitchcock, The limits of Southern unionism: Virginia conservatives and the gubernatorial election of 1859. Bartley, The forth-sixth annual meeting. Book reviews, book notes, historical news and notices. 9.25" tall; 164 pages. …

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Some moderate edgewear and toning to covers. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Fair. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780415008204.…

24 x 16 cm, hardcover, xx, 230 pages, Text in English, minor wear to dust jacket, very good condition, see picture. Part of Popper's Postscript to 'The Logic of Scientific Discovery'. Edited by W\.W. Bartley III. Critical analysis of quantum theory and its philosophical interpretation, arguing against orthodox Copenhagen views. 540g.…

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Condition: very good. La Salle, IL : Open Court,1987. Paperback. 489 pp. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780812690392. Keywords : PHILOSOPHY, philosophy philosophy.

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Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. xxii, 185 p. Ex library, daher mit Bibliotheksstempel und Buchsignatur, ansonsten ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen. / Ex library, therefore with library stamp and book signature, otherwise a very good and clean copy without markings. -- CONTENTS -- Editor's Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Preface 1982 -- Chapter I. -- KINDS OF DETERMINISM -- 1. (*62) Determinism: Religious, 'Scientific', and Metaphysical. -- 2. (*63) Why-Questions. Causality and 'Scientific' Determinism. -- 3. (*64) The Principle of Accountability. -- 4. (*65) The Study of Behaviour and the Principle of Accountability. -- 5. (*66) Critical Temperatures and the All-or-Nothing Principle. -- 6. (*67) Clocks and Clouds. -- 7. (*68) Arguments for Determinism from Psychology. -- 8. (*69) The Determinist Picture of the World. -- 9. (*70) The Burden of Proof. -- Chapter II. 'SCIENTIFIC' DETERMINISM -- 10. (*71) Prima Facie Determinism of Classical Physics. Laplace's Demon. -- 11. (*72) The Idea of 'Scientific' Determinism: Predictability from Within. -- 12. (*73) Two Definitions of 'Scientific' Determinism. -- 13. (*74) Does 'Scientific' Determinism follow from a prima facie Deterministic Theory? -- 14. (*75) A Result of Hadamard's. -- Chapter III. -- THE CASE FOR INDETERMINISM -- 15. (*76) Why I am an Indeterminist: Theories as Nets. -- 16. (77) Comparison with Kant's View. -- 17. (78) Is Classical Physics Accountable? -- 18. (79) The Past and the Future. -- 19. (*80) The Verdict of Special Relativity. -- 20. (81) Historical Prediction and the Growth of Knowledge. -- 21. (82) Predicting the Growth of Theoretical Knowledge. -- 22. (*83) The Impossibility of Self-Prediction. -- 23. (*84) The Refutation of 'Scientific' Determinism. -- 24. (*85) An Argument of St. Augustine's, Descartes's, and Haldane's. -- Chapter IV. METAPHYSICAL ISSUES -- 25. (*86) The Metaphysical Doctrines of Determinism and Indeterminism. -- 26. (*87) Why I Reject Metaphysical Determinism: A Conversation with Parmenides. -- 27. (*88) The Gain for Science: A Theory of Propensities. -- 28. (*89) Prima Facie Deterministic Theories and Probabilistic Theories. -- 29. (*90) Landé's Blade. -- 30. (*91) Landé's Blade and the Propensity Interpretation. -- 31. (*92) Conclusion. -- Addenda -- Addendum 1: INDETERMINISM IS NOT ENOUGH: AN AFTERWORD -- The Worlds 1, 2, and 3. -- The Reality of the Three Worlds. -- The Reality of Worlds 1 and 2. -- The Reality and Partial Autonomy of World 3. -- The Human Situation and the Natural World. -- Determinism and Indeterminism in Physics. -- Indeterminism Is Not Enough. -- Determinism and Naturalism. -- The Open Universe. -- Addendum 2: SCIENTIFIC REDUCTION AND THE ESSENTIAL INCOMPLETENESS OF ALL SCIENCE -- Addendum 3: FURTHER REMARKS ON REDUCTION, 1981 -- Indices. ISBN 9780847670161 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 228. …

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new edition stiff wrappers Nice copy octavo 180pp., bibliog., indexes, The Collected Works of Fiedrich August Hayek, vol. I.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Sehr gut. xviii, 229 p. Das Exemplar ist in einem sehr guten und sauberen Zustand ohne Anstreichungen. / The copy is in a very good and clean condition without markings. -- CONTENTS -- Editor's Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Author's Note, 1982 -- INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS -- Preface 1982: ON A REALISTIC AND COMMONSENSE -- INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM THEORY -- Introduction: QUANTUM MECHANICS WITHOUT 'THE OBSERVER' -- 1. Quantum Theory and the Role of 'the Observer'. -- 2. Theories versus Concepts. -- 3. Thirteen Theses. -- 4. The Collapse of the Wave Packet without Observation. -- 5. Everett's 'Many-Worlds' Interpretation. -- 6. Configuration Space. -- QUANTUM THEORY AND THE SCHISM IN PHYICS -- Chapter I. -- UNDERSTANDING QUANTUM THEORY AND ITS INTERPRETATIONS -- 1. (*93) A Schism in Physics. -- 2. (*94) The Significance of Interpretations. -- 3. (*95) Subjective Probabilities, Statistical Probabilities, and Determinism. -- 4. (*96) The Objectivity of Statistical Mechanics. -- 5. (*97) The Subjectivist Interpretation of Statistical Mechanics. -- 6. (*98) Oscillations Between the Two Interpretations. -- Chapter II. THE OBJECTIVITY OF QUANTUM THEORY -- 7. (*99) The Objectivity of Quantum Theory: The Boxes. -- 8. (*100) The Source of the Confusion: The 'Reduction of the Wave Packet'. -- 9. (*101) The Incompleteness of the Mathematical Formalism of Quantum Theory. -- 10. (*102) A Random Walk and the 'Transition from the Potential to the Actual'. -- 11. (*103) Particles, Waves, and the Propensity Interpretation. -- 12. (*104) Partial Anticipation of the Propensity Interpretation. -- 13. (*105) Are there Quantum Jumps? -- 14. (*106) Are there Particles? -- 15. (*107) Position Space. -- Chapter III. TOWARDS A RESOLUTION OF THE PARADOXES OF QUANTUM THEORY -- 16. (*108) Indeterminacy or Scatter? -- 17. (*109) The Experiment of Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen. -- 18. (*110) The Two-Slit Experiment. -- 19. (*111) An Apology for Having Been Controversial. -- Chapter IV. A METAPHYSICAL EPILOGUE -- 20. (*112) Metaphysical Ideas and Research Programmes, and the History of Physics. -- 21. (*113) Schisms, Programmes, and Metaphysical Dreams. -- 22. (*114) Classical Determinism Modified by a Correspondence Argument. -- 23. (*115) Indeterminism and the So-called 'Reduction of the Wave Packet'. -- 24. (*116) Replacing the Classical Films by Propensity Films. -- 25. (*117) A Rough Model of Quantum Theoretical Indeterminism. -- 26. (*118) Matter and Field. -- 27. (*119) Open Problems. -- 28. (*120) Conclusion. -- Index. ISBN 9780847670185 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 228.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 352 pp. Original cloth. Near Fine, in dust jacket. Hayek gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors of socialism." Hayek argues that socialism has, from its origins, been mistaken on factual, and even on logical, grounds and that its repeated failures in the many different practical applications of socialist ideas that this century has witnessed were the direct outcome of these errors. He labels as the "fatal conceit" the idea that "man is able to shape the world around him according to his wishes.".…

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Condition: New. The author proposes an interpretation of physics, and an entire cosmology, which is realist; conjectural; deductivist and objectivist; anti-positivist; and anti-instrumentalist. He stresses understanding; reminding us that our ignorance grows faster than our conjectural knowledge. Editor(s): Bartley, W. W., III. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1. BIC Classification: PHQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396. . 1989. Paperback. . . . . …

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Condition: New. Editor(s): Khan, Aman; Hildreth, W. Bartley. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KFF; KJ; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542. . 2004. Hardback. . . . .