Search Results: Philosophy from Whiting Books

Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1956. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Edition. Spine ends bumped, light moisture stain at the head of the spine and barely visible along the top edge of the covers. Clean interior, solid binding. Originally published in 1935, this second edition contains a considerable amount of new material. Title page in English and Chinese, Foreword in English by F.S. Drake at Hong Kong University. The remainder of the book is in Chinese. This book was published with a grant from the Harvard-Yenching Institute. Scarce with only one institutional copy located and none in the trade..

New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Slight wear to boards, jacket has edge wear and a couple of tears on the front panel, top edge. Protected in a Mylar archival sleeve now. 258 pages with Further Reading, Index of Names, and Index of Topics. This book is for "the beginning student and general reader as a series of exercises in philosophical reflection.".

New York: Random House [The Modern Library], 1939. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Shelf wear and some staining to the covers. Cracking at the title page creates some play in the binding, but it is holding well. The dust jacket is edge-worn with some chipping and rubbing. Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. [xxiv] 1041 pages followed by a listing of Modern Library Giant titles. No titles listed inside the dust jacket..

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1972. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 127 pages with Notes, Name Index, Index of Authorities, and Subject Index..

New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Mild shelf and edge wear. Toning to the jacket spine and rear panel, which also has a few chips along the bottom edge. Protected now in a Mylar archival sleeve. 361 pages with Index. "A textbook for the beginner in Logic, covering such subjects as the Nature of Logic, Informal Analysis of Arguments, Language and Meaning, Definition, the Language of Arguments, Molecular Statements, Molecular Deductive Arguments, Atomic Statements, Syllogistic Deductive Arguments, Inductive Arguments, and Scientific Inquiry.".

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. Remainder mark bottom edge. Jacket has a trace of rubbing. Clean copy, appears to have never been read. 221 pages, including References and Bibliography and Index. Metaphysical exploration of the material world. Hawley explores and compares three theories of persistence--endurance, perdurance, and stage theories..

Irvington-on-Hudson, New York: The Foundation for Economic Education, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Blue cloth covers with silver lettering. Mild wear. The dust jacket is chipped and has edge tears and toning. Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. 159 pages with Index. From the dust jacket: "Though concerned primarily with the philosophy of liberty, the author [Dr. Floyd A. Harper] devotes considerable time to economic liberty. He explains how liberty in every other area rests on its preservation in the economic sphere. In the course of this explanation he makes some startling and disturbing observations about the relation of liberty to government, democracy, charity, peace, progress, and prosperity.".

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Trace of shelf wear. Jacket has some mild creasing, no tears or chips. Clean copy. 186 pages, with Notes, Appendix: Commentatros, and Indexes: English-Greek Glossary, Greek-English Index, and Subject Index..

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Just a trace of soil to the top edge, else a nice, clean copy with the dust jacket protected in a Mylar sleeve. From the jacket: "This book investigates revolution as a form of social change in historical, psychoanalytic, and sociological terms.".