Author: HELMHOLTZ, HERMANN VON [R.S. COHEN AND Y. ELKANA]
Title: Epistemological writings. The Paul Hertz/Moritz Schlick Centenary Edition of 1921, with notes and commentary by the editors
Description: Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1977 (1st ed.); 8vo (23cm), xxxii+205(+8)pp., frontispiece portrait, index, bibliography, footnotes, endnotes, cloth w. dustjacket. V. good dedication copy by second editor. ¶ Newly translated by Malcolm F. Lowe. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. XXXVII. Translated from Schriften zur Erkenntnistheorie, 1921. Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894), prominent German physicist and physician who comtributed a.o. to the philosophy of science. This copy is dedicated to Oscar [van Leer] from Yehuda [Elkana], not dated. Rare in NL.

Keywords: 19th century philosophy