[Quine, W.V.O.] / Ajdukiewicz, Kazimierz.

The Scientific World-Perspective and Other Essays 1931 – 1963. Edited and with an Introduction by Jerzy Giedymin.

Dordrecht-Holland, D.Reidel Publishing Company, 1978. 8°. LIII, 378 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Even though no indication inside the book, the publication comes from the private library of W.V.O.Quine. No markings or annotations by Quine. With a letter from the publisher, addressed to W.V.O.Quine, about the book being a complimentary gift from the publisher to Quine on recommendation of the Editor. [Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Sciece – Volume VIII].

The Volume includes the Proceedings of the 1970 Philosophy of Science Association Biennial Meeting, held in Boston, as well as a section of homage to Rudolf Carnap by Willard Van Orman Quine, Wolfgang Stegmueller and others.

With essays from numerous scientists and philosophers like for example:

Herbert Feigl – Research Programmes and Induction
Burke Townsend – Feyerabend’s Pragmatic Theory of Observation and the Comparability of Alternative Theories
J.O.Wisdom – Observations as the Building Blocks of Science in 20th Century Scientific Thought
Gen-Ichiro Nagasaka – The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox Reexamined
Carlo Giannoni – Einstein and the Lorentz-Poincare Theory of Relativity

, Thomas S.Kuhn, Milton Fisk, Imre Lakatos, Stuart A.Kauffman,

• Keywords: Library & Collection Building · Logic · Logic – Rare · Quine – Collection · Quine, Willard Van Orman
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 31218AB