Scientific Explanation Study Function Theory by Bevan Braithwaite (55 results)

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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.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus. Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, 1960. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. Previous owner name on Title page. Spotting along page ends.

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.

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.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

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: 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: 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. 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.

Hardback. 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.

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).…

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.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Paperback Printing. This is a clean copy signed by the previous owner, but otherwise unmarked. Covers and binding are lightly worn.

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.…

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).…

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

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

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Later Printing. No jacket. A nice, solid copy. ; 8vo; 375 pages.

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: Good. Based upon the Tarner Lectures, 1946.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket present. First Harper Torchbook edition. The book is in good condition with minor wear consistent with its age. The cover shows slight edge wear, and the spine is intact with no significant creasing. There are no inscriptions, signatures, or library markings. The pages are clean, with some natural yellowing due to age. There is no dust jacket, as typical for trade paperbacks in this series. …

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.

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.

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.

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.

Condition: Very Good. Mild shelf wear to book cover. Spine is sun bleached.

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