Common Crow Books

Sellars, Wilfrid

Physical Realism (inscribed by author) - offprint from Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol XV No. 1, Sept. 1954

Paperback. From the collection of Adolf Grünbaum, his friend and colleague at the University of Pittsburgh. Stapled wraps, 13-32 pp. VG.

Price: $75.00

Sellars, Wilfrid, Herbert Feigl and Keith Lehrer, eds.

New Readings in Philosophical Analysis - inscribed by Sellars to Adolf Grunbaum

NP: Appleton-Century Crofts, c. 1972. Hardcover. Large 8vo, hardback, 678 pp, very good, inscribed by Sellars to Grunbaum, 'Adolf from Wilfrid, a small quid --most of it borrowed -- for a most impressive quo.' Also Grunbaum's bookplate. VG, light wear.

Price: $84.37

Smart, J. J. C.

9 offprints of articles on philosophy from the collection of Wilfrid Sellars

Paperback. Generally very good, some with "Smart" written in pencil on cover pages in Sellars' hand. Includes: Is Time Travel Possible? (1963), Plausible Reasoning in Philosophy (1957), Brain Processes and Incorrigibility (1962), Dispositional Properties (in Analysis, Dec. 1961), Colours (1961), Moore's Paradox (1957, with B. H. Medlin), Professor Ziff on.....

Price: $50.00

Strawson, P. F.

3 offprints from the collection of Wilfrid Sellars: Propositions, Concepts and Logical Truths (1957), Singular Terms, Ontology and Identity (1956), In Defense of Dogma (1956)

Paperback. Very good in wraps with one having old tape along left edge, two with "Strawson" in pencil on cover pages in Sellars' hand.

Price: $25.00

Taylor, Charles

The Explanation of Behaviour

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965. Second printing. Hardcover. Signed by Carl G. Hempel, who is cited in text! Second printing, 1965, hardcover with red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 277pp., not illustrated. Book VG with handsome boards and tight binding, text has some of Hempel's underlining to first.....

Price: $65.00

Taylor, Richard

13 offprints on philosophy, metaphysics, etc., from the collection of Wilfrid Sellars

Paperback. Mainly very good, two with Taylor's name in pencil on front covers in Sellars' hand. Taylor was an influential philosopher (and beekeeper) known for his work on metaphysics. Sellars was one of the foremost analytical philosophers of the 20th century. Includes: Can A Cause Precede its Effect? (1964), Thought.....

Price: $85.00

Tomas, Vincent

Can We Know the Contents of C. I. Lewis's Mind? Offprint from PHilosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1951 - from the collection of Herbert Feigl

Paperback. Stapled wraps, a few pages, with "H. F." and "Please return!" in Feigl's hand. Actually from the collection of Feigl's colleague Sellars. Light wear and creasing.

Price: $20.00

Toulmin, Stephen

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.....

Price: $150.00

Tuomela, Raimo

5 offprints of articles on philosophy: Explaining Explaining (1980), Explanation of Action (1982), Joint Social Action (1982), Putnam's realisms (1979), Inductive Explanation (1981)

Paperback. All very good in wraps. Although not stated, from the collection of Wilfrid Sellars.

Price: $30.00

Tuomela, Raimo; Editor

Dispositions

Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Ownership signature of philosopher Carl G. Hempel, who is cited in text! Presumed first edition, 1978, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 450pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with mild edgewear to boards, binding tight, mild off-setting to endpapers, a few.....

Price: $150.00

Van Themaat, W. A. Verloren

Räumliche Vorstellung und mathematisches Erkenntnisvermögen, Zweiter Band

Dordrecht: Reidel, (1963). Paperback. 2nd volume only, wraps, very good, 59 pp.

Price: $15.00

Vlastos, Gregory

Group of 12 offprints on philosophy and the classics, from the collection of Wilfrid Sellars

Paperback. All very good in wraps, three with "Vlastos" written in pencil on covers in Sellars' hand. Vlastos was a preeminent scholar of ancient philosophy who applied modern philosophical analytical thinking to elucidate the ancients. Sellars was one of the most important analytical philosophers of the 20th century. Includes: Afterthoughts.....

Price: $60.00

Wells, Rulon S. III

5 offprints of articles on philosophy and linguistics from the collection of Wilfrid Sellars: An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation: C. I. Lewis (1949, 2 copies), The Existence of Facts (1949, possibly inscribed), Frege's Ontology (1951), Leibniz Today (1957), Meaning and Use (1954)

Paperback. All very good, light wear and soil. Although not stated, from the collection of philosopher Wilfrid Sellars. Wells was a distinguished philosopher and linguist who taught at Yale.

Price: $30.00

Whorf, Benjamin Lee

Collected Papers on Metalinguistics

Washington DC: Department of State, Foreign Service Institute, 1952. First printing. Paperback. Wraps, 8.5 x 11 inches, good copy with some soil and wear, uncommon in the trade for some reason. 72 pp.

Price: $40.00

Wilfrid Sellars

Naturalism and Ontology

Reseda, CA: Ridgeview Publishing Company, 1979. First printing. Paperback. 1979 Blue softcover 8vo, 182pp. Near fine with light sunning to the spine. Inscribed by Sellars to Adolf Grunbaum on the front flyleaf. Contents are bright, clean and unmarked. Grunbaum is a prominent philosopher of science and critic of psychoanalysis, and.....

Price: $120.00

Wilson, N. L.

6 offprints on linguistics, philosophy, semantics, etc., from the collection of Wilfrid Sellars: Symposium: What is the Rule of Language? (1950s); Review of von Wright's Logical Studies (1959), The Identity of Indiscernibles and the Symmetrical Universe (1953), Designation and Description (1953), The Philosophy of Rudolf Carnap (1965), Modality and Identity: A Defense (1965)

Paperback. Mainly very good with minor wear and soil, 2 with "Wilson" in pencil on covers in Sellars' hand. Wilson was an important author on linguistic philosophy.

Price: $30.00

Wilson, Neil / N. L.; (Carl / C. G. Hempel)

The Concept of Language

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1959. First printing. Paperback. Association copy inscribed by Wilson to Carl G. Hempel (who is cited in the text) on the front flyleaf--also, Hempel has written in pencil the date he received the book there on the flyleaf. First edition, 1959. Cloth hardcover in dust.....

Price: $50.00