Mackie David Editor (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Good+ paperback copy (NOT ex-library). About ten pages with markings. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; shelfwear is very minor. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. DUST JACKET. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is verygood. Binding is tight/good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 310 pp. '1' in number line. Following a "Prescript" by David Hume, "Sceptical Doubts Concerning the Human Understanding" and a "Postscript" by Wilfrid Sellars, "Are There Non-Deductive Logics?", Contents divided into 15 Essays in 2 Parts: Part I. PROBABILITY AND INDUCTION (1) Hans Reichenbach, "Frequentist Theory of Probability and Induction"; (2) Rudolf Carnap, "On Inductive Logic"; (3) Frank P. Ramsey, :Degrees of Belief"; (4) Richard C. Jeffrey, "Probable Knowledge"; (5) Rudolf Carnap, "The Aim of Inductive Logic"; (6) Bas C. van Fraassen, "Probabilities and the Problem of Individuation"; (7) Wesley C. Salmon, "Inquiries into the Foundations of Science"; Part II. PROBLEMS AND PARADOXES OF INDUCTIVE LOGIC (8) Carl G. Hempel, "Recent Problems of Induction; (9) Herbert Feigl, "De Principiis Non Disputandum [On the Meaning and the Limits of Justificatiion]"; (10) Max Black, "Self-Supporting Inductive Arguments"; (11) Wesley C. Salmon, "On Vindicating Induction"; (12) Carl G. Hempel, "Studies in the Logic of Confirmation"; (13) J.L. Mackie, "The Paradox of Confirmation"; (14) Hugues Leblanc, "That Positive Instances Are No Help"; (15) Bernard R. Grunstra, "The Plausibility of the Entrenchment Concept"; Bibliography, pp. 308-310. Maroon Faux Leather with brilliant gilt lettering on front cover and spine. NO JACKET. Rubbing wear (surface maroon, leaving pinkish tinge) at book and spine corners micro-tip of grey board exposed at lower left corner, rear cover; tiny nick near mid-point of left spine edge and at 1" up from lower right front cover corner on right front cover edge; a small bit of intermittent rubbing on each lower edge; apparent page-jam on p. 81/82, echoing on pp.83/84, 85/86 (long flat but faintly detectable, as well as a soft crease of a smaller nature from pp. 88-104 (NO impact upon text): certainly describes worse than it is, but there you certainly have it. Strong binding (NO cracks); Square corners (despite rubbing); NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Collection of CLASSIC Readings in Induction with Classic Authors in the field. Arguably, Gift-Giving Quality, despite superficial flaws or you may need new friends. …

Size: 8vo. xi, 148pp. Publisher's printed paperback. Illustrations, facsimiles, map, bibliography and portrait frontispiece. New copy.

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 40pp. including printed covers. Along with the poetic contributions this issue contains Moyse's unmistakeable anarcho four seasons which spell out Cocteau's Le sang d'un po te, Burns on beat poetry, Bill Astbury's interview with John Turner & a review of Jefferson Airplane's Volunteers. Mackie's signature at head of front cover. Arthur Moyse (cover & suite of 4 drawings) (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 346 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Vii, 358 Pp. Blue Boards, Spine Lettered In Silver. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Includes A Long Ayer Bibliography. Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer (1910 - 1989), Usually Cited As A. J. Ayer, Was An English Philosopher Known For His Promotion Of Logical Positivism, Particularly In His Books Language, Truth, And Logic (1936) And The Problem Of Knowledge (1956). He Was Educated At Eton College And The University Of Oxford, After Which He Studied The Philosophy Of Logical Positivism At The University Of Vienna. From 1933 To 1940 He Lectured On Philosophy At Christ Church, Oxford. During The Second World War Ayer Was A Special Operations Executive And Mi6 Agent. He Was Grote Professor Of The Philosophy Of Mind And Logic At University College London From 1946 Until 1959, After Which He Returned To Oxford To Become Wykeham Professor Of Logic At New College. He Was President Of The Aristotelian Society From 1951 To 1952 And Knighted In 1970. He Was Known For His Advocacy Of Humanism, And Was The Second President Of The British Humanist Association (Now Known As Humanists Uk). Professor A. J. Ayer Was President Of The Homosexual Law Reform Society For A Time; He Remarked That "As A Notorious Heterosexual I Could Never Be Accused Of Feathering My Own Nest.".…

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The boards have some light surface marking only. The front free endpaper has the name of the original owner - this was Jimmy Altham, a Life Fellow of Gonville & Caius College, and a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. The pages are otherwise unmarked. The jacket has very slight fading to the spine and slight edge wear. First printing.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 389 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.91 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 533 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.