Historia Universalis; A First Draft

Published by G Hartley & Co, London, 2012

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Signed letter from author to J. R. Lucas (see provenance). DESCRIPTION: Light blue DJ over dark blue cloth. Language: English. Book Condition: Near Fine: Minor bumped to upper spine end DJ Condition: Very Good+: Minor wear and creasing to upper edges. Small chip to upper spine end. Lightly soiled rear cover. Unclipped Pages xxxvii, 736. Size: 8vo 24cm by 15.5cm. ADDITIONAL ITEMS: Signed letter from author to J.R Lucas presenting him with a copy of the book. PROVENANCE: SIGNED LETTER: AUTHOR TO JR LUCAS. JOHN RANDOLPH LUCAS: Son of Reverend Egbert de Grey and Joan Mary Randolph. Educated at the Dragon School Oxford, Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford where he studied first mathematics, then Greats (Greek, Latin, Philosophy and Ancient History), obtaining first class honours in both. He spent the 1957-58 academic year at Princeton University, studying mathematics and logic. For 36 years, until his 1996 retirement, he was a Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford, and he remained an emeritus member of the University Faculty of Philosophy. He was a Fellow of the British Academy. Best known for his paper "Minds, Machines and Gdel," arguing that an automaton cannot represent a human mathematician, attempting to refute computationalism. Lucas wrote on the philosophy of mathematics, especially the implications of Gdels incompleteness theorem, the philosophy of mind, free will and determinism, the philosophy of science including two books on physics co-authored with Peter E. Hodgson, causality, political philosophy, ethics and business ethics, and the philosophy of religion. The son of a Church of England clergyman Lucas described himself as "a dyed-in-the-wool traditional Englishman." He had four children (Edward Lucas, Helen Lucas, Richard Lucas and Deborah Lucas) with Helen Morar Portal (Daughter of Sir Reginald Portal), among them Edward Lucas, a former journalist at The Economist. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and will require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you with the additional charges. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information.…

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Title
Historia Universalis; A First Draft
Author
HURST, David
Publisher
G Hartley & Co, London
Publication year
2012
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Very Good+
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition.
Dimensions
Size: 8vo 24cm by 15.5cm.

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