The Structure of Appearance

Goodman, Nelson

Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1951

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8vo. [6], vii-xv, [3], 3-315, [5] pp. Grey cloth with white lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a few in-text diagrams. Hempel, Carl, "Reflections on Nelson Goodman's: The Structure of Appearance". SEP, "Nelson Goodman". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy states that this work is a heavily revised version of Goodman's dissertation. Hempel summarizes Goodman's wide-ranging thesis as "a conceptual framework which will make it possible to state and to examine with lucidity and rigor certain basic issues in the theory of knowledge". Goodman here seeks to establish a system of analysis to describe and understand visual phenomena, but his system can be used to understand phenomena of the other senses as well. Uncommon in the first edition, this is an early and foundational work in Goodman's philosophy, and a valuable contribution to epistemology. Light pencil annotation (one ink annotation) in the textblock; jacket is corner-clipped with a chip to its spine panel. Seller Inventory # 000014644

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Structure of Appearance

Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge Massachusetts

Publication Date: 1951

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First edition.