Burkhardt, Frederick 1912-2007

The correspondence of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin ( )
24 editions published between 1985 and 2009 in English and held by 1,142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The principles of psychology by William James ( Book )
9 editions published between 1981 and 2008 in English and held by 735 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the greatest classics of modern Western literature and science and the source of the ripest thoughts of America's most important philosopher

The Beagle letters by Charles Darwin ( Book )
3 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 708 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Charles Darwin's voyage on HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story, and a turning point in the making of the modern world. Brought together here in chronological order, the letters he wrote and received during his trip provide a first-hand account of a voyage of discovery that was as much personal as intellectual. We follow Darwin's adventures as he prepares for his travels, lands on his first tropical island, watches an earthquake level a city, and learns how to catch ostriches from a running horse. We witness slavery, political revolution, and epidemic disease, and share the otherworldly experience of landing on the Galapagos Islands and collecting specimens. His letters are counterpoised by replies from family and friends that record a comfortable, intimate world back in England. Original watercolours by the ship's artist, Conrad Martens, vividly bring to life Darwin's descriptions of his travels."--Jacket

The will to believe, and other essays in popular philosophy, and Human immortality by William James ( Book )
5 editions published between 1979 and 2008 in English and held by 692 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"At most of our American Colleges there are Clubs formed by the students devoted to particular branches of learning; and these clubs have the laudable custom of inviting once or twice a year some maturer scholar to address them, the occasion often being made a public one. I have from time to time accepted such invitations, and afterwards had my discourse printed in one or other of the Reviews. It has seemed to me that these addresses might now be worthy of collection in a volume, as they shed explanatory light upon each other, and taken together express a tolerably definite philosophic attitude in a very untechnical way. Were I obliged to give a short name to the attitude in question, I should call it that of radical empiricism, in spite of the fact that such brief nicknames are nowhere more misleading than in philosophy. I say 'empiricism,' because it is contented to regard its most assured conclusions concerning matters of fact as hypotheses liable to modification in the course of future experience; and I say 'radical,' because it treats the doctrine of monism itself as an hypothesis, and, unlike so much of the half-way empiricism that is current under the name of positivism or agnosticism or scientific naturalism, it does not dogmatically affirm monism as something with which all experience has got to square"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Essays in philosophy by William James ( Book )
3 editions published between 1978 and 2008 in English and held by 668 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essays in Philosophy brings together twenty-one essays, reviews, and occasional pieces published by James between 1876 and 1910. They range in subject from a concern with the teaching of philosophy and appraisals of philosophers to analyses of important problems

Essays in religion and morality by William James ( Book )
5 editions published between 1982 and 2008 in English and held by 654 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Charles Darwin's letters : a selection, 1825-1859 by Charles Darwin ( )
12 editions published between 1996 and 1998 in English and held by 625 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Charles Darwin stands as a towering figure in the history of science, who changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. These letters offer a fascinating window into his daily experience, scientific observations, personal concerns and friendships, affording a unique glimpse of Darwin as both naturalist and family man

Some problems of philosophy; a beginning of an introduction to philosophy by William James ( Book )
3 editions published between 1979 and 2008 in English and held by 532 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"With the clarity that William James deemed obligatory, Some Problems of Philosophy outlines his theory of perception. The early chapters expose the defects of intellectualism and monism and the advantages of empiricism and pluralism. The novelty that enters into concrete perceptual experience, and that is disallowed by the rationalizing intellect, suggests exciting possibilities. Denied any absolute truth in an ever-changing world, privy to only a piece of the truth at any given moment, the individual can, with faith and good will, help create order out of chaos. Some Problems of Philosophy, published posthumously, represents an important advance in William James's thought."--BOOK JACKET

Evolution : selected letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870 by Charles Darwin ( Book )
10 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 450 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
These letters written to and by Darwin chart his struggle to have his theories accepted. With a foreword by Sir David Attenborough and incorporating previously unpublished material, readers experience a first-hand insight into some of the most intense and productive years of Darwin's life

A Calendar of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821-1882 by Charles Darwin ( Book )
18 editions published between 1983 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 380 WorldCat member libraries worldwide