Logic Part First Deduction Second by Bain Alexander (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. First Printings Of The Second, Enlarged Edition, 1873. With A Special Presentation Leaf As A Prize Book From The University Of Aberdeen Signed By Alexander Bain, Dated 1879, To His Student Edmund Mitchell (Later A Writer And Editor In America) For Excellence In Logic. In A Special Prize Binding, Full Calf, Aberdeen University Emblem In Gilt On Covers, Marbled Endpapers, But Covers Worn, Detached, Spines Perished, Covers Blackened At Edges- In Need Of Complete Rebinding, Perhaps Preserving The Nicely Marbled Endpapers And The Gilt Presentation Emblems On The Covers; All Edges Marbled. Foxing To Fore Edges Of Prelims Of Vol Ii. Per Wikipedia, Alexander Bain (1818 - 1903) Was A Scottish Philosopher And Educator In The British School Of Empiricism And A Prominent And Innovative Figure In The Fields Of Psychology, Linguistics, Logic, Moral Philosophy And Education Reform. He Founded Mind, The First Ever Journal Of Psychology And Analytical Philosophy, And Was The Leading Figure In Establishing And Applying The Scientific Method To Psychology. Bain Was The Inaugural Regius Chair In Logic And Professor Of Logic At The University Of Aberdeen, Where He Also Held Professorships In Moral Philosophy And English Literature And Was Twice Elected Lord Rector Of The University Of Aberdeen. Inscribed by Author(s).