The Structure of Scientific Theories Editor Frederick Suppe 1974 University of Illinois Press Science book gift rare books theoretic history

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This is a very good hardcover, NO dust jacket, jacket missing. 1974 University of Illinois Press. This copy is very clean inside and out. The pages are actually still crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Navy blue hardcover boards are also very good with only a hint of shelf wear corners/edges. Standard medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5" with 682 pages including index.

The Structure of Scientific Theories has been edited with a critical Intro by Frederick Suppe. It was published in 1974 by University of Illinois Press. The Preface states the book is an "outgrowth of a symposium on the structure of scientific theories held in Urbana, March 26 to 29, 1969". The contents include; The Search for Philosophic Understanding of Scientific Theories, Historical Background, Development of the Received View, Status and Criticism of the Received View, Alternatives to the Received View and Their Critics, Proceedings of the Symposium, Second Thoughts on Paradigms, Scientific Theories and Their Domains, and more.

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