The Concept of a Person and Other Essays

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. VII, [1], 272pp. Original printed wrappers over blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. The nine essays compiled in this work deal with the nature of philosophical arguments and the degree to which they are linguistic; the possibility and status of private experience; the criteria of personal identity and the relation between mind and body; the interplay of the referential and descriptive functions of language; the criteria of truth; the interpretation of judgments of probability; the distinction between generalizations of law and generalizations of fact; and the status of judgments about the future and the question of free will and determinism. New theories are advanced and old theories are criticized. Price clipped on front flap. Wrappers, binding and interior in overall very good condition.