Human Understanding: The Collective Use and Evolution of Concepts
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1977. Hardcover. With ownership signature of philosopher Carl G. Hempel, who is cited in text! Hardcover with blue cloth boards, 1977, octavo, 520pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of shelfwear to boards and spine ends, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ. Hempel was a German writer and philosopher. He was a major figure in logical empiricism, a 20th-century movement in the philosophy of science. He is especially well known for his articulation of the deductive-nomological model of scientific explanation, which was considered the "standard model" of scientific explanation during the 1950s and 1960s. He is also known for the raven paradox (also known as "Hempel's paradox"). Near Fine. Item #B40811
ISBN: 9780691071855
Price: $128.00