READINGS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES by May Brodbeck, HC/DJ *VERY GOOD*

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“Readings in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences” edited by May Brodbeck is a vintage First Edition hardcover anthology of sociology, published in 1968 by The Macmillan Company. This first edition, first printing volume brings together a landmark collection of essays that examine the fundamental philosophical issues underlying the social sciences, including questions of explanation, interpretation, objectivity, causality, and value judgment.

Curated by noted philosopher and logician May Brodbeck, the anthology features contributions from influential thinkers such as Carl Hempel, Wilfrid Sellars, Ernest Nagel, John Rawls, and others. The selections represent a broad range of perspectives from both the analytic and interpretive traditions, making the volume a foundational text for students and scholars in philosophy, sociology, political science, and related disciplines. Brodbeck’s introductory material and editorial structure provide coherence and critical framing for the included essays, which address the methodological and epistemological challenges unique to the human sciences.

This copy is a first edition, first printing hardcover in Very Good condition, complete with the original dust jacket. The jacket shows only minor shelf wear, and the interior is clean and tightly bound. A small institutional marking—“Dept. of Earlham College”—appears on the first free endpaper, but there are otherwise no other stamps, notes, or markings. The text includes tables, charts, and some other simple black and white illustrations throughout. The pages are clean, the binding is strong, and the book remains a well-preserved example of this important mid-20th-century philosophical text.

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