Philosophy of Religion
The antiquarian library of Emeritus Professor David A. Pailin
Comprising 1,180 items, 17th to mid 19th century, focusing on the philosophy of religion including the reasonableness of religious belief, philosophical arguments about belief, controversies about authentic belief, faith and reason, and related literature. This fine collection was assembled by Professor Pailin (University of Manchester) over a period of almost forty years as a working library. It provides a comprehensive survey of thought about the nature and content of faith in this period. Major works and treatises on the subject are present, as well as lesser known texts, Including items on moral philosophy, arguments about deism, collected works, critical works, responses to Locke and Hume, plus bound volumes of tracts and pamphlets. The majority of the works are in English, and a number of the books are extremely scarce. Present are 170 seventeenth-century works, 645 items published in the eighteenth century, and 315 published between 1800 and 1860. The detailed catalogue gives descriptions of each item, and Professor Pailin has provided scholarly and well-researched notes, making the catalogue a useful and interesting reference tool in its own right.

1,180 items £250,000
(Please note that the post-1860 books from this library are being offered for sale by Herb Tandree Philosophy Books.)

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Modern Continental Philosophy, Hegel and post-Hegel
including critical works on Hegel; Phenomenology, works by Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Maine de Biran, and others.
Mostly 20th century publications, all in good to very good condition, including many scarce titles, translations, critical works, etc., in English, French, and German. From the library of a retired academic.

290 items £6,000

The library of L. Jonathan Cohen (1923-2006), Fellow of Queen's College Oxford from 1957 to 1990, author, President of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (1987-91) and of the International Council of Scientific Unions (1993-96), Fellow of the British Academy since 1973. Cohen's philosophic interests centered on language, epistemology and logic; his work on inductive reasoning and rationality led him to focus on probabilistic reasoning and he applied his theoretical ideas to issues relating to probability in science, in medicine and in law. His works include The Principles of World Citizenship (1954), The Diversity of Meaning (1962), The Probable and the Provable (1977) and An Essay on Belief and Acceptance (1992). The collection, which reflects both the depth and breadth of six decades of sustained philosophical reading, writing and thinking, comprises approximately 2,000 items, including signed and presentation copies, papers and correspondence, all in excellent condition.  Catalogue available shortly.