Law and Explanation - An Essay in the Philosophy of Science
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1971. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth, gilt spine titles. 8vo. 168pp. Near Fine. Minor shelfwear, occasional underlining / marginal notation in ink. Wesley C. Salmon's copy with his bookplate to the front pastedown Salmon was a noted philosopher, and a protege of Hans Reichenbach. Salmon taught at the University of Pittsburgh, UCLA, Washington State, Northwestern, Brown, Indiana, and Arizona. Salmon also was vice-president and president of the Philosophy of Science Association and of the American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division), and also chairman of Section L (History and Philosophy of Science) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received a Senior Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany. He was president of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Near Fine. Item #C000016732
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