Scientific Explanation Study Function by Braithwaite Richard (50 results)
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Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.Sequitur Books
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Softcover. Shelf wear. Front end page excised. Rubbing to edges. Light creasing. Scattered underlining and markings.
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Seller: Pella Books, Pella, IA, U.S.A.Pella Books
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Used Very Good.
Published by Cambridge University Press, 1956
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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.
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Seller: True Oak Books, Highland, NY, U.S.A.True Oak Books
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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. N…o 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.
Language: English
Published by Cambridge at the University Press, NY, 1955
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Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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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.
Published by Cambridge University Press, 1955
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Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.Easy Chair Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 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 & Na…ture; Inventory No: 198559.
Language: English
Published by Cambridge at the University Press, London, 1956
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Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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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.
Published by Cambridge University Press 1957, 1957
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Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.Tacoma Book Center
Contact seller4-star sellerHardback. No dustjacket. Very Good condition, with some browning to edges of interior pages, slight bumps to corners of covers. Tight, sound copy, with heavy bracketing and checks in pencil on first 50 pages, very slight notation elsewhere in book. Second U.S. Edition.
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1957
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Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams)
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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).
Published by Cambridge
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: 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.
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- First Edition
Seller: Alien Bindings, BALTIMORE, MD, U.S.A.Alien Bindings
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Scientific Explanation: A Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science in Near Fine or Very Good+ condition without a dust jacket. Hardcover 1st American printing - third overall printing (1956). The covers are in great shape. The binding is tight. The… interior pages are unmarked. Small abrasion to the front flyleaf and there is a small chip out of the rear flyleaf. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge. The primary purpose of this book is to examine the logical features common to all the sciences. Each science proceeds by inventing general principles from which are deduced the consequences to be tested by observation and experiment; the author shows how the implications of this process explain some of its more baffling features and resolves many of the difficulties that philosophers have found in them. His exposition is by way of detailed examples.
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- First Edition
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.Dan Pope Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 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).
Published by Cambridge At The University Press, 1957
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Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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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.
Published by Cambridge University Press, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: J. HOOD, BOOKSELLERS, ABAA/ILAB, Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.J. HOOD, BOOKSELLERS, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 376pp. Bookplate else very good condition with text clean and binding sound without dust jacket.
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Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Diatrope Books
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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.
Language: English
Published by Cambridge at the University Press, NY, 1956
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Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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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.
Language: English
Published by Cambridge at the University Press, NY, 1956
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- First Edition
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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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.
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1957
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Seller: Daedalus Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Daedalus Books
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Later Printing. No jacket. A nice, solid copy. ; 8vo; 375 pages.
Published by Cambridge University Press, New York and London, 1957
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Seller: Ravenroost Books, Hopewell Jct, NY, U.S.A.Ravenroost Books
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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.
Published by Cambridge University Press, 1953
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Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.Strand Book Store, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Based upon the Tarner Lectures, 1946.
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1956
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 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.
Published by New York: Harper & Brothers [1960]., 1960
Seller: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., Westville, FL, U.S.A.Alec R. Allenson, Inc.
Contact seller4-star sellerGood 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.
Published by Cambridge University Press, 1953
- Hardcover
Seller: BookDepart, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.BookDepart
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 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.
Published by Harper & Row, U.S.A., 1960
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Seller: Carmarthenshire Rare Books, Carmarthen, United KingdomCarmarthenshire Rare Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. paperback, 374 pages, COVERS BROWNED otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 182.
Published by Cambridge at the University Press, 1955
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst)
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. London, 1955; blue cloth covered boards; mild edge and corner wear; faded blue jacket with corners and edges chipped; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 376 pages.
Published by Cambridge, CUP, 1968., 1968
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- First Edition
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, AustraliaGrant's Bookshop
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xii+376pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, previous owner's name. A very good copy. . Based on the Tanner Lectures 1946. First paperback edition.
Published by Cambridge, 1955
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Seller: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.M & M Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1957 Edition. signatures on fep, bookplate inside cover.
Scientific Explanation: A Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science (Volume 0)
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Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
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Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press (1955), Cambridge / New York, 1956
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- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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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 Endpaper…s, No Adhesion. In Lightly Used Dust Jacket With Spine Faded (Lettering Strong), And A Little Fading To Edges Of Other Panels, Price Clipped.
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Seller: Livresse, Gatineau, QC, CanadaLivresse
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Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. 375 p. Call number and stamps (some on edge) of library.
