problem knowledge philosophy science history de cassirer ernst (33 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Pbk, xviii, 334 pages ; 25 cm. Covers slightly dulled o/w a clean unmarked copy in very good condition. Contents : pt. 1. Exact science. The problem of space and the development of non-euclidean geometry ; Experience and thought in the construction of geometry ; Order and measurement in geometry ; The concept of number and its logical foundation ; The goal and methods of theoretical physics -- pt. 2. The ideal of knowledge and its transformations in biology. The problem of classifying and systematizing natural forms ; The idea of metamorphpsis and idealistic morphology : goethe ; Developmental history as a problem and a maxim ; Darwinism as a dogma and as a principle of knowledge ; Developmental mechanics and the problem of cause in biology ; The argument over vitalism and the autonomy of living organisms -- pt. 3. Fundamental forms and tendencies of historical knowledge. The rise of historicism : Herder ; Romanticism and the beginnings of the critical science of history : the theory or historical ideas, Niebuhr, Ranke, Humbolt ; Positivism and its ideal of historical knowledge : Taine ; Political and constitutional theory as foundations of historiography : Mommsen ; Political history and the history of civilization : Burckhardt ; The theory of psychological types in history : Lamprecht ; Influence in the history of religion on the ideal of historical knowledge : Strauss, Renan, Fustel de Coulanges. t253 / m15892.

Etat : Fair. 1950. Second printing. 334 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces tanned and sunned.

Paperback. Etat : Good+. First Edition; Tenth Printing. 334 pages; light foxing to the top exterior edge of textblock only. Light fading to spine. Very slightly cocked spine. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Printed card covers, age-toned spine, lightly edgeworn, owner's name on inside cover, no annotations, binding tight. ; 8 x 5.4 x .12; 352 pages.

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1950; First edition. 24x16 cm. Hardcover, cloth (no jacket). Xviii, 334 pp., footnotes, index. Good.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. First U.S. Edition. A Good or slightly better copy in beige cloth of the October 1950 second printing (originally April 1950). Mild tanning/soiling to the covers, sound binding, clean/unmarked within. No dust jacket. (Not ex-library.). Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. xviii, 334pp. Light grey cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed corners with cloth wearing, cloth torn at spine ends, shelf number written on spine. Text block edges tanning. Lender's stamps, security device and markings on endpapers and copyright page, scarring on front free endpaper from label removal. Page margins tanning. Otherwise internally neat, clean and tight.

Hardcover. 2nd printing. xviii, 334 p.; 24 cm. [First printed April 1950] [The full German work: Das Erkenntnisproblem in der Philosophie und Wissenschaft der neueren Zeit, 4 vols., was published in 1906-07-20-57; vols. 1-3 have not been translated into English. Vol. 4 was written in Sweden between 9 July and 26 November, 1940, and translated into English from the original manuscript prior to publication of the German text.] Good orig. gray cloth stuck to green dj. An unread copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.65.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good +. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good +. 1st Edition. Type: Book xviii pp. - 334 pp., stone grey cloth bdg. with dark forest green-stamped titling on spine. First English language edition; posthumously published from the German manuscript, fourth in the series Das Erkenntnisproblem in der Philosophie und Wissenschaft der neuren Zeit; Cassirer "analyzes the work of physicists, mathematicians, biologists, historians, and philosophers in order to discover the principles that underlie their various ways of knowing and in terms of which they describe the universe we live in." First edition, published before the original German version. Translated by William H. Woglom & Charles W. Hendel. (slightly scuffed edges spine and corners of boards, small stain to fore edge front board, paper edges slightly yellowed, otherwise a very clean tight copy)DJ(scuffed edges spine and cornres, tiny chips at edges spine, very clean, not price clipped) Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

hardcover. 3rd prt. 8vo, 334 pp. Fine copy in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. Cover is in good condition, save for rubbing/fading with age and minor corner bumping. DJ is unclipped and presents with rubbing/scuffing with age, edge/corner wear, single chip to length of spine, and some staining along length of spine. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Hbk 332pp, dj rubbed at extremities on front panel, with one or two tiny closed tears, now in protective sleeve, otherwise internally a very good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. minimal marking inside No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good dust. Second Printing. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's stamp to FFE & title page else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in G condition with rubbing to edges & front cover, light chipping along top edge else still intact. ARN 50.04; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.