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The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas Kuhn, is an analysis of the history of science. Its publication was a landmark event in the sociology of scientific knowledge, and popularized the terms paradigm and paradigm shift.
A Sand County Almanac
by Aldo Leopold
A Sand County Almanac is a 1949 non-fiction book written by American ecologist and environmentalist Aldo Leopold. Describing the land around Leopold's home in Sauk County, Wisconsin and his thoughts on developing a "land ethic," it was edited and published by his son, Luna, a year after Leopold's death from a heart attack. The collection of essays is considered to be a landmark book in the American conservation movement.
A Neurocomputational Perspective the Nature Of Mind and The Structure Of Science
by Paul M Churchland
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THE TOUCH OF MIDAS Science, values and environment in Islam and the West
by SARDAR, Ziauddin (ed)
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1984. 1st ed. . Black Cloth. Fine/Fine. 14 Cms x 22 .5 Cms. x+253, 16 ills in one chapter; pristine bar a few scattered rbown flecks to top textblock, unclipped jacket also virtually pristine. Note: quoted non-UK shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range.
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£12.00
MAN AND MATTER Essays Scientific & Christian
by SHERWOOD TAYLOR, F
London: Chapman & Hall, 1951. 1st ed. . Dark Cloth. VG-Fine/VG-. 14 Cms x 22 Cms. 238 pp. top edge dark blue; only flaw I can see is a slight dullness to spine a trivial face of drip mark to same; unclipped jacket marred by long brown stain down side of spine + small nicks to spine ends, otherwise clean and unworn, will add protective sleeve when ordered. . A nice copy of these essays on various aspects of science and religion and the relationship between them, including coverage of evolution, the...
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THE ZOFINGIA LECTURES (Collected Works Supplementary Volume A)
by JUNG, C.G. trans. Jan van Huerck, Introduction by Marie-Louise van Franze. ed. William McGuire
Princeton NJ: Bollingen Series Princeton University Press, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/As New. Black cloth with gilt sp. lettering and design to fr. xxv + 129, 5 ills on 4 plate pp. ex-pagination, near pristine but faint traces of erased penciling may remain. Pristine unclipped jacket in protective sleeve as acquired.Issued as Bollingen Series XX. Fve lectures 1896-1899 delivered to the Zofingia Society, a Swiss student fraternity. Topics include 'Border Zones of Exact Science' and...
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£60.00
ITALIAN STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
by CHIARA, Maria Luisa Dalla (ed.)
Dordrecht Etc.: D. Reidel, 1981. 1st Edition . Paperback. Fair/good/No Jacket. 15 Cm x 22 Cm. ix+525+2(series list). Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science Vol.47. At first glance this looks very good but closer examination reveals what appears to be faint waterstaining on top side margins through to c.p.17 and down front free endpaper edge, plus what looks like a small nibble from top outer corner from p.483 to end (with some brown staining on rear free endpaper too), Covers clean and undamaged...
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THREE ESSAYS: i. Learning and Science; II: Science and Language; III. Language and Poetry:
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1863. 1st ed. . Hardcover. VG-. 14.5 Cm x 22 Cm. 189 pp. ex-Leeds public libraries with their not unattractive heraldic lib.plate to front pastedown, discard stamp on end-paper, faint circular impressed stamp to t.p. and on several other pages, hardly offensive however, black loan sheet to rear pastedown, no other library markings internally and otherwise clean and unmarked, frotn gutter incipiently opening but firm, top edge dust darkened. Red leather library bound...
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£275.00
FACT AND THEORY A aspect of philosophy of science
by O'NEIL, W.M
Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1969. 1st ed. . Dark Green Cloth. Fine/VG(-). 14 Cms x 22 Cms. xiv+193, numerous figs numbered by chapter; book near pristine but clipped jacket, sealed in protective sleeve when acquired, has widespread, but light, surface rubbing and faded spine, edges however appear unrubbed. An exposition, with comments, on 4 major topics in history of science: circulation of the blood, planetary motion, periodic table and gene theory, addressing the unqiue epistemological features...
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AGAINST RELATIVISM A Philosophical Defense of Method
by HARRIS, James F
Chicago and La Salle IL.: Open Court, 1997. 3rd printing (1st-1992) . Glossy p/b. Fine. 15 Cm x 23 Cm. xvii+228; a fine copy virtually as new. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range.
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SCIENCE AND RELIGION An Interpretation of Two Communities
by SCHILLING, Harold K
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1963. 1st ed. . Blue Cloth. VG+/G-VG. 14.5 Cm x 22 Cm. viii+(5, contents)+272, 3 text figs, top edge blue; bookseller's very faint small stamp bottom front endpaper, otherwise internally clean, tight & unmarked in clean unworn cover with silver lettering and central motif to front board; unclipped jacket with only slight edge rubbing but 4 nicks (2 qualifying as short tears) and back has edge-darkening & faint dustiness (will apply protective wrapper when...
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CONCERNING TEILHARD and Oother Writings on Science and Religion
by TOWERS, Bernard
London: Collins, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Dark orange cloth with gilt sp. lettering, pristine. 254 pp.; small crossed out sig. top fr, end-paper, otherwise clean, tiight and unmarked. Jacked, clipped by pub. for re-pricing in protective sleeve as acquired, clean but chip to top sp. and elsewhere to top edge, bottom fr. outer corner and fr.bottom edge,4 cm tear from top fr. edge. Inc. papers on Koestler and Leach's Reith lectures, History of Medicine and university education...
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THOMAS KUHN ( Contemporary Philosophy in Focus series)
by NICKLES, Thomas (ed.)
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 1st ed. . Paperback. As New. 15 Cm x 22.5 Cm. xiii+298, some figs numbered by chapter. No discernible faults. An interesting collection of essays apparaising Kuhn from various angles, including its bearing on cognitive science.
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£15.00
REASON AND CHANCE IN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
by TATON, R., trans. A.J.Pomerans
London: Scientific Book Guild, 1960. 1st thus. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 15 Cms x 23.5 Cms. Glossy illustrated boards, virtually pristine. 171 pp. 32 numbered plates on 10 sheets; previous owner's small stamp to fr. pastedown, otherwise internally excellent. Originally issued by Hutchinson in 1957.
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£10.00
PHILOSOPHY OF CANCER A Dynamic and Relational View
by BERTALOSO, Marta
Dordrecht 'Mangelexemplar': Springer, 2016. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Covers pristine. Issued as 'History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences Volume 18. xv + 190, several text figs numbered by chapter, some coloured; marred by 2 green marginal lines and 2 2 underlinings on p. x and a similar marginalium and underlining to p.xii, otherwise priatine Title is perhaps a little misleading as it is a detailed overview of the various models, theories and...
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MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE A Study of the Limitations of Scientific Method
by ROWLAND, John
London: Werner Laurie, 1955. 1st ed. . Orange Cloth. G-VG/G-VG. 14.5 Cm x 22 Cm. ix+214; two small 'name stamps - one to each endpaper, otherwise clean,and tight, main problem is blotchy browning to textblock edges, usually extending very slightly onto page pargins, and faintly along endpaper edges, covers clean, bright and unworn; unclipped jacket similarly affected by blotchy browning to wraparounds, back (fairly extensively) and fore-edge folds - a shame as otherwise clean and virtually unworn...
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SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION A Reader
by GERGEN, Mary and Kenneth J. (ed.)
London etc.: Sage, 2003. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Glossy cover near pristine, mere hints of outer top corner rubbing. xiv + 262; no obvious faults, being clean, tight and unmarked. Includes extracts from Kuhn, Wittgenstein, Foucault, Billig, Shotter, Harre, Barthes and Bruner, as well as the editors themselves, 34 chapters in all. 17 cm x 24 cm
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£20.00
IMRE LAKATOS AND THE GUISES OF REASON
by KADVANY, John
Durham NC & London: Duke University Press, 2001. 1st ed. . Illustrated p/back. Fine. 15 Cms x 23.5 Cms. xx+378, 5 pp.photos in pagination; a virtually mint copy of this penetrating study of the influential philosopher of science. V.sl.curl top fr. outer corner.
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£14.00
READINGS IN SCIENCE AND SPIRIT
by TALAFOUS, Camillus D. (ed.) authors include Paul TILLICH, Loren EISELEY, Gordon ALLPORT, PASCAL, CAMUS, KIERKEGAARD among numerous others
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1966. 2nd printing . p/back. G-VG. 14 Cms x 21 Cms. ix+271; small sig.verso front cover, small trace of erased but heavy pencilling top corner half-title (no front endpaper issued), brown flecking to top edge of textblock, glossy covers generally clean and minimally worn. A handy copy. Note: quoted non-UK shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down outside this range.
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£12.00
THE STRUCTURE OF THOUGHT A Survey of Natural Philosophy
by FISCHER, Ludwig trans. W.H. Johnston
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1931. 1st English ed. (1st German-1927) . Black Cloth. VG/Fair. 15 Cm x 21.5 Cm. 366+colophon; previous owner's not unattractive bluw stamp to front pastedown and t.p., library donation label also on pastedown, otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked in clean unworn covers; jacket rather a wreck having been internally reconstructed with tear repair tape from 3 divided sections, edges very delicate and prone to crumble due to poor paper quality and...
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£80.00
THE TWO FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
by POPPER, Karl ed. Troels Eggers Hansen trans.John Kinroy and Andreas Pickel
London & New York: Routledge, 2012. 1st Thus . Soft cover. As New. Pristine copy. Reprints essays and drafts from 1930-1933, original German ed. 1978, this Routledge Classic edition is 1st English translation. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS A Study Concerning the Nature of the the Relation Between Successive Scientific Theories
by DILWORTH, Craig
Dordrecht, Boston & London: D. Reidel, 1981. 1st ed. . Blue Cloth. Fine/G-VG. 15.5 Cms x 22 Cms. Issued as Synthese Library Volume 153. 155 pp. +(8, series list); no obvious faults to book which is near pristine; unclipped jacket generally clean and minimally edge worn but marred by light edge & spine browning and surface rubbing along front joint and to lower spine (will adds protective sleeve when ordered). Discusses contemporary theories of scientific change/progress by Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos...
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ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD: Essays on His Philosophy
by KLINE, George L. (ed. & Intro.), HOCKING, William Ernest, HARTSHORNE, Charles, RORTY, Richard M. and 15 other contributors
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963. 1st p/back ed., 1st hardback same year . ill. paperback. Fine-. 13.5 Cm x 20.5 Cm. x+214 pp.; near pristine but1981-dated sig. top half-title (mine alas). fr cover has reproduction of an 18th century engraving of a group of philosophers in discussion at a table, Kline has included a final part containing an unpublished letter from Whitehead to Hartshorne and 'Corrigenda for Process and Reality'. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700...
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THE PREVALENCE OF HUMBUG AND OTHER ESSAYS
by BLACK, Max
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Glossy cover pristine bar slight outward curves to covers. 185 pp. + colophon; no obvious faults. 8 chapters inc. 2 on philosophy of science. 14,5 cm x 22,5 cm
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£20.00
THE SOCIAL PROCESS OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION
by KNORR, Karin D., KROHN, Roger and WHITLEY, Richard
Dordrecht, Boston, London: D. Reidel, 1981. Apparently 1st issue . Glossy p/b. Fine (-). 15 Cm x 22 Cm. Issued as Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook 1980. xxvii+321; a clean unmarked unworn copy but slightly marred by sun-fading to spine. Includes 12 papers by Bruno Latour, Steve Woolgar, Andrew Pickering and others, inc. editors. Scarce though very expensive reprints available. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate...
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£125.00
PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES or the Relations between the Departments of Knowledge
by TENNANT, F.R
Hamden CT: Archon, 1973. 1st rep. (1st 1933 C.U.P.) . Red Cloth. VG-Fine/Good+. 14.5 Cm x 22.5 Cm. ix+191; no obvious flaws - clean, tight & unmarked in bright unworn covers; clipped jacket clean bar a darkish mark lower front but top edge rubbed and spine ends rubbed, nicked and chipped, will seal when ordered. Originally delivered as the Tarner Lectures 1931-1932
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£12.00
The Rules of the Game. Cross-Disciplinary Essays on Models in Scholarly Thought.
by Teodor] Shanin (ed); Zymunt Bauman; David Bohm; Arthur Koestler; Gunnar Myrdal et al
Tavistock Publ. 1972. 391 pages. Sleeve has a few short tears.
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£18.28
