Davies Paul Sheldon (48 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Fine. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. bumped/creased still NICE! - may have remainder mark or previous owner's name Standard-sized.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. 192 pp. Tightly bound. Tips of two corners lightly bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Remainder mark bottom fore-edge. Note: Book is still in original publisher shrink wrap.

Condition: like_new. This book is in Like New condition. It appears to be NEW, but might have a minor defect.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. t cover.234 pp., xiv. NAP. Following the Preface, Contents divided into 7 chapters; (1) "Tracing Links of Causation"; (2) "Approaching the Norms of Nature"; (3) "Discarding Selected Functions"; (4) "Defeating Promiscuity: Hierarchical Systems and Systemic Functions"; (5) "Naturalizing Functions: Evidence, Methodology, and Ontology"; (6) "Guiding Inquiry: The Theoretical Roles of Systemic Functions"; (7) "Defining Functional Types: Success and Malfunctions"; Appreciations and Acknowledgments, pp. 217-218; References, pp. 219-225; Index, pp. 227-234. Black and turquoise dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with title and Subtitle lettering in a column at lower left front cover, just above Author name lettering in turquoise over black at bottom left corner; large illustration (detail) of a human iris and small amount of (white) sclera on top half front cover: Long preserved in thick, clear mylar. Black cloth with brilliant silver lettering on spine. But for very small remainder mark on lower edge near spine, FLAWLESS. UNREAD. (NO previous owner names.) Gift-Giving Quality. …

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. clean, unmarked copy.

Davies, Paul Sheldon. Norms of nature: naturalism and the nature of functions. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2001, xiv, 234pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black cloth, remainder stripe on bottom foredge. "In Norms of Nature, Paul Sheldon Davies argues against the prevailing view that natural norms are constituted out of some form of historical success - usually success in natural selection. He defends the view that functions are nothing more than effects that contribute to the exercise of some more general systemic capacity."- CONTENTS: Tracing links of causation -- Approaching the norms of nature -- Discarding selected functions -- Defeating promiscuity: hierarchical systems and systemic functions -- Naturalizing functions: evidence, methodology, and ontology -- Guiding inquiry: the theoretical roles of systemic functions -- Defining functional types: success and malfunctions. 9780262041874 ISBN 0262041871.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Minor wear along the DJ edges. Slight wear to DJ covers. Book may contain some residual odor from prior storage.

Hardback. Condition: Very good. viii + 259 pp. dj. Rubber-stamped on the first page. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1 x 9 x 5.9 Inches; 259 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. BRAND NEW BOOK, NEVER USED. Number line in book reads as follows: 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 1 2 3 4 5. My interpretation of this line is the work is a first edition, first printing, but I leave the final interpretation up to those with more knowledge than I posses. Volume itself has crimson cloth covers with gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. Clean, fresh, tight and bright. A very nice copy.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9780226137629. …

Condition: New.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Original hardcover, dustjacket. xvi,234 pp.; 23.5x16 cm. Text in English - As new, see picture 560g.

Condition: new.

Condition: very good. Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press , 2001. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. xiv,234 pp. 24 cm. (A Bradford book). Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780262041874. Keywords : PHILOSOPHY.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Subjects of the World: Darwin's Rhetoric and the Study of Agency in Nature. Book.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. Being human while trying to scientifically study human nature confronts us with our most vexing problem. What we need to move forward in our understanding of human agency, this book argues, is a reform in the way we study ourselves and a long overdue break with traditional humanist thinking. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358. . 2014. Reprint. Paperback. . . . .…

Condition: New. pp. 272.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 193 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm ; ISBN: 3791309668 ((hardcover ed.)); 9783791309668 ((hardcover ed.)); 3791324896; 9783791324890; National Library: 901222917; 379-13096 LCCN: 90-33501 ; LC: ND237.P85; Dewey: 760/.092 ; OCLC: 21228605 ; To accompany an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 31, 1990-Sept. 2, 1990 and at other museums./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-180) and indexes. ; [this exhibition has been organized by the Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts ; exhibition itinerary: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 31, 1990 - September 2, 1990 . The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, May 18, 1991 - August 25, 1991] ; cloth ; no dustjacket ; tiny ding on spine ; Contents: La Belle Epoque : Observations on modern life (1891-1906) - Early modernism : studies in color and form (1907-1913) - Persol vision : Myth, fantasy and the idyll (1914-1924) - Postscript : the monotypes - Plates - Chronology - Selcetedbibliography - Catalogue of works ; "Maurice Prendergast's joyous, light-filled canvases have made him one of America's best-loved painters. His unique perception endowed his sensuous experiments in pattern and textures, in atmosphere and light with a stature achieved by few artists. Working in the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first several decades of the twentieth, he perfected his distinctive style, becoming one of the great colorists of all time. This major reappraisal contributes a wealth of new scholarship. Based on letters, sketchbooks, contemporary articles and reviews, it also brings to life an exciting and pivotal era, for Prendergast was in the forefront of modern painting in America. He exhibited as one of The Eight, becoming known as one of the "Red Hots, " and participated in the Armory Show. His experiences, including living and working in Europe, allowed him to draw on a wide variety of sources - including Cezanne, Signac, the Renaissance Italian painter, and Watteau. Out of these he created his own truly unique idiom." ; VG. Book.…

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. Being human while trying to scientifically study human nature confronts us with our most vexing problem. What we need to move forward in our understanding of human agency, this book argues, is a reform in the way we study ourselves and a long overdue break with traditional humanist thinking. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358. . 2014. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…