Scientific Explanation; A Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1953. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xi, [1], 375, [1] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of 40s. net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Based upon the Tarner Lectures 1946. Honderich 102: "Braithwaite describe[s] uninterpreted formal systems, and how a tough empiricist might give them meaning as scientific statements. Within this basic framework he discussed the standard problems of theoretical terms, models, probability, induction, laws, causation, and explanation" Very Good / Very Good. Item #00008588
A Very Good book with a few annotations in blue ink and a name on the free front endpaper in a Very Good dust jacket with a small chip to the top of the spine panel and some fading to the spine and rear panel.
Price: $300.00