Preface Charles Hendel (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First U.S. Edition. A Good or slightly better copy in beige cloth of the October 1950 second printing (originally April 1950). Mild tanning/soiling to the covers, sound binding, clean/unmarked within. No dust jacket. (Not ex-library.). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pbk, xviii, 334 pages ; 25 cm. Covers slightly dulled o/w a clean unmarked copy in very good condition. Contents : pt. 1. Exact science. The problem of space and the development of non-euclidean geometry ; Experience and thought in the construction of geometry ; Order and measurement in geometry ; The concept of number and its logical foundation ; The goal and methods of theoretical physics -- pt. 2. The ideal of knowledge and its transformations in biology. The problem of classifying and systematizing natural forms ; The idea of metamorphpsis and idealistic morphology : goethe ; Developmental history as a problem and a maxim ; Darwinism as a dogma and as a principle of knowledge ; Developmental mechanics and the problem of cause in biology ; The argument over vitalism and the autonomy of living organisms -- pt. 3. Fundamental forms and tendencies of historical knowledge. The rise of historicism : Herder ; Romanticism and the beginnings of the critical science of history : the theory or historical ideas, Niebuhr, Ranke, Humbolt ; Positivism and its ideal of historical knowledge : Taine ; Political and constitutional theory as foundations of historiography : Mommsen ; Political history and the history of civilization : Burckhardt ; The theory of psychological types in history : Lamprecht ; Influence in the history of religion on the ideal of historical knowledge : Strauss, Renan, Fustel de Coulanges. t253 / m15892.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Third Printing. Nice solid hardcover binding with full cloth boards. The previous owner's name is on the front endpaper, and textual underlining runs throughout the book (mostly in pencil) from the hand of a Yale educated philosophy professor. The dustjacket has several stains and some chipping along the upper edge, generally presents well overall. NOT ex-lib. A good hardcover copy in jacket. xiv, 328pp. Indexed.

Hardbound Clothbinding. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 269 pp. Vol. 2 issue only! A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Minimal, light, slight or very mild browning, tanning, foxing or discoloration on page edges, not affecting text. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page. Dust jacket suffers moderate wear and a few minor cuts in some places.

Softcover. Octavo, Three volumes. In Good minus condition. Spine is black with white print. Prices unclipped: "$1.95 / $1.75 / $2.95" respectively. Covers have light edge wear, mild shelf wear. Text blocks have light spotting to edges, first volume has underlining and marginal notation through page 59. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Language (Fifth printing), xiv, 328 pages Vol. 2. Mythological Thought (Fourth printing), xviii, 269 pages Vol. 3. The Phenomenology of Knowledge (Third printing), xvii, 501 pages. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-volume Section. 1387266. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Printing. [Interesting provenance, from the library and signed by George Armitage Miller, noted psychologist and cognitive scientist.] Volume 1. Third Printing. Hardcover and dust jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Contemporary signature of Miller on front end page, else unmarked. xiv, 328 p., 24 cm. Ernst Cassirer's philosophy, based primarily on the work of Immanuel Kant, extends that philosopher's basic principles concerning the ways in which humans use concepts to structure their impressions of the natural world. Because scientific and cultural views had changed considerably since Kant's day, Cassirer felt it necessary to revise Kantian doctrines to include a wider range of human experience. In his major work, Die Philosophie der symbolischen Formen, 3 vol. (1923â"29; The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms), he examined the mental images and the functions of the mind that underlie every manifestation of human culture. George A. Miller, one of the founders of cognitive psychology, was a pioneer who recognized that the human mind can be understood using an information-processing model. His insights helped move psychological research beyond behaviorist methods that dominated the field through the 1950s. In 1991, he was awarded the National Medal of Science for his significant contributions to our understanding of the human mind.