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Springer Netherlands. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

John Wiley & Sons, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

John Wiley & Sons, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Martino Fine Books, 2014-12-26. Paperback. Used: Good.

Martino Fine Books, 2014-12-26. Paperback. Used:Good.

Springer, 0000-00-00. 2nd. paperback. Used: Good.

Springer, 0000-00-00. 2nd. paperback. Used:Good.

Chapman and Hall, 1960-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Paperback / softback. New. THE book is not a treatise on aIl cerebral mechanisms but a pro- poscd solution of a specific problem: the origin of the nervous system's unique ability to produce adaptive behaviour. The work has as basis the fact that the nervous system behaves adap- tively and the hypothesis that it is essentiaIly mechanistic; it proceeds on the assumption that these two data are not irrecon- cilable. It attempts to deduce from the observed facts what sort of a mechanism it must be that behaves so differently from any machinc made so far. Other proposed solutions have usuaIly left open the question whether so me different theory might not fit the facts equaIly weIl: I have attempted to deduce what is necessary, what properties the nervous system must have if it is to behave at once mechanisticaIly and adaptively. For the deduction to be rigorous, an adequately developed logic of mechanism is essential. Until recently, discussions of mechan- ism were carried on almost entirely in… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1960. Second Edition, Revised. 286 pp. White endpapers, with ex-library stamps on each, small stains on back endpapers. Black cloth with gilt titles. Small stain on top and bottom edges. Grey DJ with burgundy titles. Light wear along the edges, small stain near spine's tail. VG/VG+. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+.

Chapman and Hall, 2059-12-31. paperback. New. 7x0x10. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing