Scientific Explanation Study Function Theory by Braithwaite Richard Bevan (49 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. pp.xii, 376 pages, a very good hardback, publisher's original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and the Cambridge logo to the spine, not that easy to tell that this is nfrom a uk university library [0521043069].

Condition: Good. 1957. 4th American Printing. 375 pages. Blue dust jacket over blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 4th Printing. 376pp. 8.8 inches. No dw. Grey buckram, gilt titles. Covers vg, trace of exlib numbers on spine, bound around with strip of clear tape. Internally, ex-university library bookplate etc, else contents as new. Index. Investigates the processes of reasoning involved in scientific methodology. 670g. (Science, Philosophy, Scientific Method, Probability, Statistical, Cause, Reasoning) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Softcover. Shelf wear. Front end page excised. Rubbing to edges. Light creasing. Scattered underlining and markings.

xii+376pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, previous owner's name. A very good copy. . Based on the Tanner Lectures 1946. First paperback edition.

Condition: Good. No jacket. Boards lightly worn/faded. Spine faded/leaning. Pen marks/stamp/tape marks on ffep/inside front cover. Tape mark inside back cover. Light tanning/marks to textblock edge. Content is very good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. 5 X 0.98 X 8 inches; 376 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Sticker residue on front cover. Blemish (surface tear) to back cover. Front cover is torn about half an inch at the spine. Scuff marks (small) to exterior edge of pages. Good overall condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; - We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First printing. A fine copy, without a jacket. A clean copy with solid binding. Full text. The philosopher's first book. NOTE: Prior owner's small stamp on front endpaper and title page. Small blurb (perhaps from a dust jacket?) taped to front pastedown (as pictured).

xii+376pp. 8vo. Dustwrapper worn and damaged. Pencil notations, otherwise a very good copy in the original buckram. Based on the Tanner Lectures 1946.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. x+375 pp., 8vo original blue buckram, ex univ. library, clean unmarked texrt bar usual lib marks, sound binding. Learned study of scientific methodology. Size: 8vo.

Condition: VERY GOOD. 3rd US printing. Based on the 1946 Tarner Lectures. Concludes with a brief discussion of the question "is science invention or discovery? Index. xii, 376 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, few penciled notations in final chapters, sunning to spine of dj).

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. 375 p. Call number and stamps (some on edge) of library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. dj iw/chipping, price clipped, in mylar; 376 clan, unmarked pages.based upon the Tarner Lectures, 1946.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th printing; dj w/clipped price, in mylar; 376 clean, unmarked pages/index.based on the Tarner Lectures, 1946.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. 1955, 376pp, illus., blue cloth, 'Based upon the Tarner Lectures 1946', corners slightly bumped, slight rubbing & shelfwear to cover, light soiling to pg edges, no dj, contents clean.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Science, Methodology) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. dj w/piece missing on spine panel; unclipped price, in mylar; owner's name; 376 clean, unmarked pages.based on the Tarner Lectures, 1946.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Small octavo. Condition: DJ price-clipped, worn, nicked & chipped; else very good in fair DJ. Pages: xii, 376.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First American Edition; dj in mylar, price clipped, in mylar376 pages.based on the Tarner Lectures, 1946.

reprint hardback in original cloth Near Fine octavo xii + 376pp., text ills., index, Ex reference library copy with some small stamps o/w VG tight clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Unmarked. Clipped dust jacket with tanning around the edges. Based upon the 1946 Tarner lectures. Topics include deductive systems, representations, theoretical terms, probability statements, induction, and more. Index. 376p.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dust Jacket. First American Edition. Xii, 376 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Stated First American Printing,1956, Incorporating The Revisions In The Uk Second Printing Of 1955. Near Fine, No Marks, Two 2" Ghosts Offset From Back Side Of Old Tape Pressing Against Endpapers, No Adhesion. In Lightly Used Dust Jacket With Spine Faded (Lettering Strong), And A Little Fading To Edges Of Other Panels, Price Clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 376 pages, third American printing, 1957. Sound binding, pages lightly yellowed; light shelf wear, very good otherwise. The dust jacket is present but heavily discolored, worn and torn; missing much of the spine. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Nature; Inventory No: 198559.

Hardcover. 376pp. Bookplate else very good condition with text clean and binding sound without dust jacket.

Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second American Printing. xii. 376 pgs. Very Good condition navy cloth hardcover in Very Good jacket. Book is clean, sound, unmarked with minimal shelwear. Jacket price intact, light edgewear, sunning to paper at spine. Based upon the Tarner lectures given by the author in 1946, its primary purpose is to explain, by way of detailed examples, the logical features common to all the sciences. Contents: Introductory, Scientific deductive systems and their representations, The status of the theoretical terms of a science, Models for scientific theories; their use and misuse, Statistical hypotheses, probability statements and class-ratio arithmetic, The meaning of probability statements within a scientific system, the choice between statistical hypotheses, the justification of induction, laws of nature and causality, Causal and teleological explanation, explanation of scientific laws, index. #1527 Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; based upon the Tarner Lectures, 1946; surplus library copy with the usual stampings; reference number taped to spine; fading, light scuffing, and shelf wear to exterior; fade spots to endpapers and page edges; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Octavo. 375 [1] pp. Ownership stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the front fly, else fine in a just about very good dust jacket heavily toned on the spine and cover. Based on the 1946 Tarner Lectures.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1957 Edition. signatures on fep, bookplate inside cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. Xii, 376 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Stated First American Printing,1956, Incorporating The Revisions In The Uk Second Printing Of 1955. Near Fine, No Marks Except A Small "G50" In Corner Of Front Free Endpaper. In Lightly Used Dust Jacket With Very Slight Spine Fading, Not Price Clipped, Minute Losses At Corners Of Spine And At Upper Front Tip.

Good in orig. green wrapper. Lower inside corner creased. Unread. ix, [1],374 p.; 20 cm. (Tarner lectures ; 1946) (Torchbooks ; TB 515) [First printed 1953; repr. from corrected 1955 edition]. Binding is Paperbound.